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Fartein Valen

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Gender Male
Death71 years ago
Date of birth August 25,1887
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Stavanger
Norway
Date of died December 14,1952
DiedHaugesund
Norway
AlbumsThe Complete Symphonies
Norwegian 20th-Century String Quartets
ParentsArne Farteinsen Valen
Dorthea Valen
Record labels Naxos
Rune Grammofon
Grappa
Simax Classics
Quattro
Job Composer
Education Stavanger Cathedral School
Oslo Conservatory of Music
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Norwegian Academy of Music
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Olav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach's counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather than harmonic progression.

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