Gustav Fredrik Lange
Gustav Fredrik Lange was a Norwegian violinist, violin teacher, theory teacher, and composer. During his time, was considered one of Norway's best in his field.
Lange was born in Halden. He was the second concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic from its beginning in 1919, and for a time he served as first concertmaster at the Christiania Theatre and National Theatre. With Ole Olsen and Edvard Grieg, he created music for Henrik Ibsen's comedy The League of Youth. Like Ole Olsen, Lange was a Freemason and worked as a conductor and arranger for the Freemasons Orchestra. In Halden he was a member of a chamber quartet together with Oscar Borg, Markus Boberg, and the cellist Dupery Hamilton.
Together with Peter Brynie Lindeman, Lange edited the periodical Orkestertidende—blad for musikere og musikervenner. Lange was a cofounder of the Oslo Music Teachers Association, the Norwegian Music Teachers' National Federation, and the National Federation of Norwegian Musical Artists. He also taught violin, theory, and harmony at the Oslo Conservatory of Music.
Lange died in Oslo.Selected students
Prominent students that Gustav Fredrik Lange taught during his career include:
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck, pianist and composer
- Henrik Adam Due, violinist
- Magne Elvestrand, organist
- Johan Stanley Simonsen, violinist
- Gunnar Knudsen, violinist
- Bjarne Brustad, composer
- Arild Sandvold, organist
- Ludvig Nielsen, composer
- Frithjof Spalder, composer
- Reidar Thommessen, composer
Awards
- King's Medal of Merit in gold, 1921
- Litteris et Artibus, a Swedish royal medal
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques, a French national order
Works
- Moderne Violinmusik. Samling af nyere Komponisters Værker udsatte for Violin med Piano
- Praktisk harmonilære
- Praktisk violinskole I–III
- Melodier til Margrethe Munthes Kom, skal vi synge
