Discography
- 1974: Bendik Singers (Triola), with Bendik Singers
- 1978: Norges Største Sjokk Å Lade Plate (Flower), with Einar Hagerup
Philip Kruse | |
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| Birth name | Philip Antony Kruse |
| Born | 13 May 1949 Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz, pop |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
Philip Antony Kruse (born 13 May 1949) is a Norwegian orchestra leader, composer, arranger, producer, text writer, and musician (trumpet and vocals). [1] He is the second son of Colonel Erling O. Kruse (b. 1922) and Eunice Cooklin (b. 1925).
In his early career he joined the group Bendik Singers with his brother Bjørn Kruse. Bendik Singers was a vocal quartet founded by Arne Bendiksen, where the two brothers sang with Anne-Karine Strøm and Ellen Nikolaysen. [2] They won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix twice. [2] In addition, Kruse won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix three times as a text writer. As producer of the album Match with Wenche Hallan and Jan Høiland, he won the Spellemannprisen in 1976.
He has written about 2,000 melodies and texts for artists like Tommy Körberg, Anita Hegerland, Inger Lise Rypdal, Anne-Karine Strøm and George Keller, [1] and has written the music to TV serials like Amalies jul, Huset med det rare i and Puslespill for NRK. He has produced about 300 music records, including Øivind Blunck's Reidar, Viggo Sandvik's Fisking i Valdres, Trond-Viggo Torgersen's Tramp på en smurf and Vidar Sandbeck's Ballade. As orchestral leader he has contributed to many NRK radio and television productions. He has been on tour with Bjørn Eidsvåg, Sigmund Groven, Ellen Nikolaysen, Kari-Ann Grønnsund, Frode Thingnæs and Vidar Lønn-Arnesen. [1] Lately he has led his own bigband, Philip Kruse BigBand. [3]
Kruse worked with Arne Bendiksen's record company in 1971 to 1979 before he got together with Frode Thingnæs and started Frost Music A/S in 1979. He led this music publishing company until it was sold to EMI in 1999. He was chairman of GramArt and is the chairman of the main jury of the Edvard price given by TONO and director of the Norsk Musikkfond. In 1997 he received the Oslo City Culture Grant. In 2011, he became chairman of the board of NMFF (Norwegian Music Publisher Association) and board member of TONO. [4]
Frode Thingnæs was a Norwegian jazz composer, arranger, conductor and trombone player who formed the Frode Thingnæs Quintet in 1960.
"Mata Hari" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in English by Anne-Karine Strøm.
The Gammleng Award is a Norwegian culture award created by The Fund for Performing Artists in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the Rolf Gammleng award to performing artists. It's awarded to artists who have in a meritorious way contributed on recordings, stage performances, or concerts.
The Bendik Singers were a four-member Norwegian vocal group, brought together by singer and composer Arne Bendiksen to participate in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection, Melodi Grand Prix, in 1973.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Mata Hari", composed by Frode Thingnæs, with lyrics by Philip A. Kruse, and performed by Anne-Karine Strøm. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1976 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was a third Eurovision appearance in four contests for Strøm.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Touch My Life ", written by Svein Hundsnes, and performed by Ellen Nikolaysen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1975 in order to select its entry for the contest. Nikolaysen had previously represented Norway in 1973 as a member of the Bendik Singers, and had also provided backing vocals for Anne-Karine Strøm in 1974.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "The First Day of Love", composed by Frode Thingnæs, with lyrics by Philip A. Kruse, and performed by Anne-Karine Strøm. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1974 in order to select its entry for the contest. Strøm had already represented Norway at the 1973 contest as a member of the Bendik Singers, whose other three members provided backing vocals in the 1974 contest.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Småting", written by Kåre Grøttum and Ivar Børsum, and performed by Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1972.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "It's Just a Game", written by Arne Bendiksen and Bob Williams, and performed by the Bendik Singers. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1973.
Bjørn Howard Kruse is a Norwegian painter and composer. He is also professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Jannike Kruse is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.
Kjell Oddvar Karlsen was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than 60 years. He was the father of the singer Webe Karlsen.
Svein "Chrico" Christiansen was a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central on the Oslo Jazz scene.
Edvard Askeland is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from a series of album releases in various genres and for being regular in Dag Arnesens lineups in 1970–80, and within Cutting Edge.
Susanne Merethe Lundeng is a Norwegian traditional folk musician (fiddle) and composer.
Vidar Lønn-Arnesen is a Norwegian singer, radio presenter and television presenter.
The Bendiksen Award, or Bendiksenprisen in Norwegian, is a music award granted by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and awarded by the Norwegian Artists' Association, GramArt. The award was established in 2009. The Award is meant to contribute to the development of talent in Norwegian pop music industry, and "be a contribution to an artist that already has established a career, that either has one commercial release or conduct concert performances of a certain scale". The winner receives 100,000 Norwegian kroner.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1940 in Norwegian music.
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