Launy Grøndahl

Launy Grøndahl (30 June 1886 – 21 January 1960) was a Danish composer
and conductor. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight.[1] His first
work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the
Casino Theatre in Copenhagen, aged thirteen.[1]

He was also for a long period (1925–1956) the resident conductor of the
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Denmark's most prestigious
orchestra.[2]

Notable works
Some of his first works included a symphony, works for small string
ensembles and a violin concerto.

He is best known for histrombone concerto, written in 1924 during Grøndahl's

time in Italy. It was reportedly written for the trombone section of the
Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen (of which Grøndahl was a
member) due to their high standard of playing.
Launy Grøndahl
He is also remembered for his pioneering recordings of the symphonies of
fellow Dane Carl Nielsen and his original score for Benjamin Christensen's
classic silent film Häxan.

References
1. Launy Grondahl | Classical Composers Database(http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/grondahl)
2. Danish National Symphony Orchestra

External links
Biography (in Spanish)

Cultural offices
Principal Conductors, Danish
Preceded by Succeeded by
National Symphony Orchestra
none Nikolai Malko
1925–1927

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