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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1944 in Norwegian music .
Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pilgrims from all over Europe coming to visit St Olaf's grave in Trondheim.
Song of Norway is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book and music was released in 1970.
George Forrest was a writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show Kismet, adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin. He was also known professionally at times as Chet Forrest.
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to international consciousness, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Bedřich Smetana did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively.
Sandra Droucker was a Russian concert pianist, composer and music pedagogue.
Roy Wilhelm Hellvin is a Norwegian pianist, composer, and music arranger, known from Oslo's theater and jazz scenes and from a series ofrecordings.
Erling Sachs Wicklund is a Norwegian jazz musician (trombone), composer, arranger and journalist, known for a series of jazz programs on NRK.
Arne Holen is a Norwegian musicologist.
Jan Erik Kongshaug is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), sound engineer and composer, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug.
Aage Teigen was a Norwegian jazz musician (trombone) and economist born and raised in Oslo. He was from a number of orchestras and active on the Oslo jazz scene. He initiated the Oslo Jazzfestival and led the festival between 1986 and 2007. He has played in Per Borthen's Swing Dept. and Christiania Jazzband, as well as Christiania 12. Teigen received the Oslo City Culture Award in 2002 for his efforts for the Oslo Jazzfestival. Han mottok Oslo Jazzfestivals pris Ella prize in 2011.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 in Norwegian music.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1967.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1969.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1990.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1983.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1952.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1956.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1957.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1944.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1939.
Oslo International Jazz Festival is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genere, performed on stages in Oslo.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2014.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2004.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2001.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1978 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1977 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1969 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1956 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1955 in Norwegian music.
