1. Christian Sinding is best known for his lyrical work for piano Fruhlingsrauschen.
17 Facts About Christian Sinding
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Christian Sinding was often compared to Edvard Grieg and regarded as his successor.
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Christian Sinding's parents were mine superintendent Matthias Wilhelm Sinding and Cecilie Marie Mejdell.
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Christian Sinding was a brother of the painter Otto Sinding and the sculptor Stephan Sinding.
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Christian Sinding was a nephew of Nicolai Mejdell and Thorvald Mejdell.
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Christian Sinding was a first cousin of journalist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen.
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Christian Sinding was the daughter of Morten Smith-Petersen and Cathrine von der Lippe.
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Christian Sinding had previously been married to physician and art patron Fredrik Georg Gade.
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Christian Sinding studied music first in Christiania before going to Germany, where he studied at the conservatory in Leipzig under Salomon Jadassohn and fell under the musical influences of Wagner and Liszt.
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Christian Sinding lived in Germany for much of his life, but received regular grants from the Norwegian government.
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The large number of short, lyrical piano pieces and songs that Christian Sinding wrote has led to many seeing him as the heir to his fellow countryman, Edvard Grieg, not so much in musical style but as a Norwegian composer with an international reputation.
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Christian Sinding is best remembered today for one of his piano works, Fruhlingsrauschen.
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Christian Sinding was made a member of the Order of St Olav in 1905 and Commander in 1916, and in 1938, received the Grand Cross.
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Christian Sinding was appointed a Commander of the Order of Vasa and in 1905, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
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Christian Sinding had suffered from severe senile dementia since the late 1930s.
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Eight weeks before his death in 1941, Christian Sinding joined the Norwegian Nazi party, Nasjonal Samling - however, his membership card was unsigned.
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Christian Sinding had fought for the rights of Jewish musicians during the early 1930s and was a close friend of Nordahl Grieg.