Oluf Ring

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Oluf Ring (24 December 1884-26 April 1946) was a Danish composer, known for his folk music work. He composed around 300 melodies,[1] as well as one opera, and was affiliated with prominent Danish composer Carl Nielsen.[2]

Biography

[edit | edit source]

Ring was born 24 December 1884 in Jelling. His father, Marius Sørensen, taught history and Danish at Jelling State Seminary.[3] In 1911, Ring became a teacher in Ribe's educator's college.[1] He began teaching at Skårup Seminary in 1930[3] and later served as a director for the group Fyns Folkekor.[4]

Ring helped to popularize folk music at the time of World War I together with Thomas Laub, Thorvald Aagaard and Carl Nielsen. This resulted in the publication of Folkehøjskolen's Melodibog in 1922, which the four edited.[4]

Ring's other works included Svinedregen, an operatic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.[5] He also edited the Arbejdermelodibogen, a book of folk songs written for workers and popular in Denmark's Social Democrat labour movement.[6]

Ring died on 26 April 1946 in Skårup, Funen.[1]

See also

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).