Knut Nystedt

Knut Nystedt (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer. He was also a musician and played the Organ. Nystedt was born in Oslo, Norway. Nystedt founded and conducted Det Norske Solistkor from 1950 to 1990. He also founded and conducted Schola Cantorum from 1964 to 1985.

Knut Nystedt
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Background information
Birth nameKnut Nystedt
Born(1915-09-03)3 September 1915
Oslo, Norway
Died8 December 2014(2014-12-08) (aged 99)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)

Nystedt died in his sleep at his home in Oslo on 8 December 2014 at the age of 99.[1][2]

References

  1. (in Norwegian) – Han var en gnistrende kraft. Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper). 9 December 2014. http://www.vl.no/kultur/han-var-en-gnistrende-kraft-1.304285. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  2. Knut Nystedt Dies at Age 99. Classical Minnesota Public Radio. 9 December 2014. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2014/12/kurt_nystedt_di.shtml. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 

Other websites

  Media related to Knut Nystedt at Wikimedia Commons

  • Knut Nystedt Archived 2013-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Carus-Verlag
  • Jens Staubrand: Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music Works and Plays, Copenhagen 2009. In English and Danish. ISBN 978-87-92510-05-1. Including Knut Nystedt's PRAYERS OF KIERKEGAARD, for mixed chor a capella, the Kierkegaard words are taken from Addresses At Holy Communion On Fridays, The Heathens’ Anxieties and The Journals
  • Stemmer fra Musikken has sound recordings with Knut Nystedt in Norwegian (NRK).
  • Norsk Musikforlag