Viggo Brodersen

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Viggo Brodersen (26 March 1879 - 7 February 1965) was a Danish composer and pianist. [1] [2] Among his teachers in Copenhagen was Louis Glass. Much of his work is for his own instrument.

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References

  1. Wier, Albert Ernest (1940). The Piano: Its History, Makers, Players and Music. Longmans, Green and Company. pp. 184–185.
  2. Lynge, Gerhardt (1917). Danske komponister i det 20. aarhundredes begyndelse: med portræter og faksimilenodetryk efter komponisternes manuskripter (in Danish). E. H. Jung. pp. 361–364.