Borghild Holmsen

Borghild Holmsen (22 October 1865 – 4 December 1938) was a Norwegian pianist, music critic and composer.

Picture of Borghild Holmsen with her signature

Borghild Holmsen was born in Kråkstad (now Ski), Akershus, Norway. When she was 7 years old, her family settled in Christiania (now Oslo). She studied piano with Agathe Backer-Grøndahl and Otto Winter-Hjelm, and continued her studies with Carl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig and Albert Becker in Berlin.

She made her debut in 1890 in Christiania,^[1] afterward touring as a concert pianist in Europe and the United States. After ending her concert career, she became a teacher at the Bergen Music Conservatory, where Harald Sæverud was one of her pupils. She wrote as a music critic for the newspapers, Bergens Aftenblad and Bergens Arbeiderblad.^[2][3]

Works

Selected works include:

• Violin Sonata, Op. 10
• Barcarolle, Op.1, No. 1
• Scherzo, Op. 1, No. 2

References

1. Aftenposten, 1 March 1890, p. 3, retrieved 12 June 2015
2. "Borghild Holmsen". Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2013. (Archive from 29 January 2008).
3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The New Grove dictionary of women composers.

External links

• Free scores by Borghild Holmsen at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)