The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1944 in Norwegian music.
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Events edit
- August
- 21 – Song of Norway by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg opened at Broadway.[1]
Deaths edit
- April
- 1 – Sandra Droucker, classical pianist, composer and radio personality (born 1875).[2]
Births edit
- January
- 9 – Roy Hellvin, pianist, composer, and music arranger.
- February
- 24 – Oddbjørn Blindheim, jazz pianist and dentist.
- June
- 7 – Erling Wicklund, jazz trombonist, composer, music arranger and journalist (died 2019).
- 19 – Arne Holen, musicologist.
- July
- 4 – Jan Erik Kongshaug, sound engineering, jazz guitarist, and composer (died 2019).
- 17 – Aage Teigen, jazz trombonist (died 2014)[3]
- October
- 1 – Yngvar Numme, singer, actor, revue writer and director (died 2023).
- Unknown date
- Jiri Hlinka, music professor and piano teacher.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Song of Norway". IBDB.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ "Droucker, Sandra". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ "Aage Teigen bisatt". JazzINorge.no (in Norwegian). 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2017-04-29.[permanent dead link]