Christian Sinding (1856-1941)
Norwegian composer, was born at Königsberg.
He studied under Reinecke at Leipzig, 1874-77, and, after further preparation at Dresden, Munich, and Berlin, settled in Oslo as organist and teacher. In 1921, he joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York.
His piano compositions are notable for their reflection of Norwegian characteristics. He wrote the opera Der Heilige Berg.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1974.
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