p, 1924-2012 DK, Hjørring
Musician / Composer of Classical
Axel Borup-Jørgensen (22 November 1924 – 15 October 2012) was a Danish composer.Axel Borup-Jørgensen is born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He studied piano as a major at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and instrumentation with Poul Schierbeck and Jørgen Jersild. He was one of the first Danish composers to go to the Darmstadt School, but he never composed serial music. Axel Borup-Jørgensen's list of works is long and includes music for orchestra, chamber music, songs with piano and other instruments. Among his works is op. 51 Nordisk Sommerpastorale, which won a composition competition arranged by DR (Danish Radio) in 1965 and the large work for orchestra, Marin, which includes 44 individual string lines, and is regarded as a masterpiece. He died in Birkerød
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Marin | Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 2017 | Album |
Carambolage | Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Aarhus Sinfonietta, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Søren Kinch Hansen | 2014 | Album |
Op. 18, Music For Percussion + Viola/Schlußstück/Marin | Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 1982 | Album |
Recital | Maria Kämmerling - Johann Sebastian Bach / Maurice Ravel / Fernando Sor / Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 1979 | Album |
Sinfonia I, Op. 40 / Quintet / Pezzo Concertante / Nordisk Sommer Pastorale, Op. 51 | Poul Rovsing Olsen / Erik Jørgensen / Peder Holm / Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 1966 | Album |
Den Danske Kvartet | Den Danske Kvartet, Igor Stravinsky, Krzysztof Penderecki, Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Ib Nørholm | 1966 | Album |
Musik For Slagtøj + Bratsch, Op. 18 / Schicksalslieder Von Hölderlin, Op. 28 / Strygekvartet Nr. 2, Op. 34 | Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Poul Rovsing Olsen, Herman D. Koppel | Album |