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Fartein Valen

1887 - 1952

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Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach's counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather than harmonic progression. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fartein Valen is the 1,197th most popular composer (up from 1,267th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Norway (up from 396th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fartein Valen ranks 1,197 out of 1,451. Before him are Halfdan Kjerulf, Gunther Schuller, Stevan Hristić, Paul Whiteman, Klaus Badelt, and Fred Frith. After him are Alan Hovhaness, Shlomo Mintz, Italo Montemezzi, Thomas Linley the younger, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, and Dimitri Arakishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Fartein Valen ranks 222. Before him are Juan Manuel Gálvez, Sigmund Romberg, Jamini Roy, Victor d'Arcy, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, and Govind Ballabh Pant. After him are Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Edward Andrade, Charles Marion, Jacob L. Devers, L. S. Lowry, and Jakob van Hoddis. Among people deceased in 1952, Fartein Valen ranks 146. Before him are Guido Castelnuovo, Sándor Pósta, Jack Conway, Billy Hughes, Gregory La Cava, and Forest Ray Moulton. After him are Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Italo Montemezzi, Henriette Roland Holst, Louis Wirth, Aleksandr Andronov, and Katherine Sophie Dreier.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fartein Valen ranks 347 out of 1,039. Before him are Tarjei Bø (1988), Sverre Farstad (1920), Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966), Terje Rypdal (1947), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), and Therese Johaug (1988). After him are Grímur Kamban (801), Simen Agdestein (1967), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1872), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Finn Helgesen (1919).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Fartein Valen ranks 9. Before him are Johan Svendsen (1840), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Christian Sinding (1856), Knut Nystedt (1915), Harald Sæverud (1897), and Halfdan Kjerulf (1815). After him are Klaus Egge (1906), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Arne Nordheim (1931), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).

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