Knudåge Riisager
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Knudåge Riisager was a Danish composer.
Knudåge Riisager was born in Estonia
of Danish parents. His father Emil Riisager was an engineer, and the family returned to Denmark in 1900 when Knudåge was three years old.
Knudåge Riisager was born in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
of Danish parents. His father Emil Riisager was an engineer, and the family returned to Denmark in 1900 when Knudåge was three years old.
Notable works
- Ballet music
- Benzin op. 17 (1930)
- Cocktails-Party op. 19 (1930) (ikke opført)
- Darduse op. 32 (1935–36)
- Tolv med Posten op. 37 (1942)
- Slaraffenland op. 33 (1936–40)
- Qarrtsiluni op. 36 (1938–42)
- Fugl Fønix (1944/45)
- Etudes (1947)
- Månerenen op. 57 (1956)
- Fruen fra havet op. 59 (1959)
- Galla-Variationer (1966)
- Ballet Royal (1967)
- Svinedrengen (1968)
- Film music
- Niels Ebbesen (1945)
- Opera
- Susanne op. 49 (1948)
- Orchestral music
- Erasmus Montanus op. 1 (1920)
- Suite dionysiaque op. 6
- Symfoni no. 1 op. 8 (1925)
- Variationer over et tema af Mezangeau op. 12 (1926)
- Symfoni no. 2 op. 14 (1927)
- Fastelavn op. 20 (1929/30)
- Concerto for trompet og strygere
- Revymusik
- Paa Hodet, første PH-revy, musik til finalen (1929)