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Oluf Ring

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Danish composer

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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mindesmærke over komponist Oluf Ring i Ribe | By the Wadden Sea". Vadehavskysten. GuideDanmark. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ Meltzer, Ken (1 January 2019). "Interview With Conductor Bo Holten". Fanfare: The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors.
^ ^a ^b Baun, Leif (19 June 2018). "Musikskolechef vil bevare Jellinghus: Er man helt ligeglad med kulturarv? | vafo.dk". vafo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Docter, David Reinhardt (1976). Choral Music in Denmark, 1900-1960: Repertory and Stylistic Trends. University of Minnesota. p. 122,143.
^ Ring, Frands Johan (1961). Oluf Ring: et liv i dansk folkesangs tjeneste (in Danish). Fyns Boghandels Forlag. p. 49.
^ Hemmersam, Flemming (1996). To Work, to Life Or Death: Studies in Working Class Lore. SFAH. p. 151. ISBN 978-87-87739-41-2. Retrieved 9 February 2024.