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Some examples by contemporary composers:

- Concerto for the Chinese zither "Guzheng" and orchestra, by Simon Steen-Andersen.
- Olav Anton Thommessen. Concerto for synthesizer and orchestra (1986). (I am sure there are more concerti for synth)
- Lasse Thoresen: Concerto for hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa and orchestra. The norwegian and swedish folk instruments.

Interesting topic!

I listened to Albrechtsberger, and that sounded really nice with the Jew´s harp.
Who wrote a Theremin Concerto?

Geirr Tveitt:
12 Inventions in 12 different keys. An early work by this composer, and quite nice music. Modal tonality.

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And of course:
Ludus Tonalis by Hindemith.

Hi!
I just discovered this interesting forum.

Thanks for bringing my web page to attention. I put together the list because of my interest to find out more about unknown, sorry unsung, Norwegian composers.

As to the question of Wernicke and musical eras:
The composers should be classified according to musical style, and not date of birth. I am in no way an expert on all these composers, and I haven´t heard the music of most of them. But I think I read in some of the sources that Wernicke still composed in a Baroque style. I think we can assume that the musical eras were later in Norway than mainland Europe, as Norwegian composers were not always up to date on the latest trends. And some of these composers were organists who had Bach as an ideal. So actually even Ludvig Mathias Lindeman 1812 – 1887 wrote in Bach style.

One other thing I discovered working with this list is how many Norwegian woman composers there actually are from the 19th century.

Anyway there is a lot of good music to be found among these composers (but also some less good music of course), and unfortunately only a handful of them are performed today, even in Norway.


greetings,
Karstein