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Per Nørgård

1932 - 2025

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Per Nørgård (pronounced [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈnɶɐ̯ˌkɒˀ]; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. He based music on "infinity series" and other mathematical models. He composed large-scale works, eight symphonies including the choral Third, concertos and operas such as Gilgamesh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Per Nørgård is the 572nd most popular composer (up from 877th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 335th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Per Nørgård ranks 572 out of 1,451. Before him are Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, Joseph Szigeti, William Boyce, Alexandre Desplat, and Johann Nikolaus Forkel. After him are Aloysia Weber, Alexandre Tansman, Dora Pejačević, Eleni Karaindrou, Florian Leopold Gassmann, and Guillaume Lekeu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Per Nørgård ranks 149. Before him are Momoko Kōchi, Christy Brown, Ieng Thirith, Shintaro Ishihara, Gato Barbieri, and Amrish Puri. After him are Anna Moffo, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Nadira, Spyros Kyprianou, Alvin Plantinga, and Inese Jaunzeme. Among people deceased in 2025, Per Nørgård ranks 104. Before him are Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Lee Shau-kee, David Vunagi, Charles Rangel, Yola Ramírez, and Michelle Trachtenberg. After him are Jean Marsh, Antonine Maillet, Yves Boisset, Yury Grigorovich, Hans van den Broek, and Juan Ramón Verón.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Per Nørgård ranks 217 out of 1,032. Before him are Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Princess Louise of Denmark (1750), Jan Gehl (1936), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), and Christen C. Raunkiær (1860). After him are Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Inger Christensen (1935), and Conrad Malte-Brun (1775).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Per Nørgård ranks 3. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865), and Niels Gade (1817). After him are Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Rued Langgaard (1893), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), Poul Ruders (1949), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), and Jesper Kyd (1972).

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