Niels Finn Høffding was a Danish

Denmark

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 composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen

Knud Jeppesen

Knud Jeppesen was a Danish musicologist, composer, and writer on the history of music....

 and Thomas Laub

Thomas Laub

Thomas Linnemann Laub was a Danish organist and composer.-Notable works:*1888 80 rytmiske Koraler, en enstemmig samling*1889–1891 Kirkemelodier, tre hæfter med firstemmige udsættelser...

, and then under Joseph Marx

Joseph Marx

Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.-Life and career:Marx pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earning several degrees including a doctorate in 1909. He began composing seriously in 1908 and over the next four...

 in Vienna

Vienna

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 from 1921-22. His works first became well-known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece Karlsvognen (chorus and orchestra, 1924). He began to study folk music

Folk music

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 about 1930, and founded the Copenhagen School of Folk Music in 1931. From 1931 he also taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he served as director after 1954. In 1956 and 1958 he was awarded the Nielsen Prize.

In addition to composing, Høffding also wrote several theoretical treatises.

Works

Note:This list is incomplete
Opera

• Kejserens nye klæder (1928)
• Kilderejsen (1942)

Choral

• 4 DIAPSALMATA (Søren Kierkegaard words, four diapsalmata (aphorism) from Either/Or vol. I. 1977
• Karlsvognen (chorus and orchestra, 1924)
• Christofer Columbus (1937)
• Kantate til Det kongelinge danske Musikkonservatoriums drsfest (1948)
• Giordano Bruno (1968)

Orchestral

• Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonia impetuosa" (1923)
• Symphony No. 2 "Il canto liberato" (1924)
• Symphony No. 3 (1928)
• Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia concertante" (1934)
• Fantasia concertante (1965)

Chamber music

• String Quartet No. 1 (1920)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1925)
• Wind Quintet (1940)