About Edvard Helsted
Lived 1816 – 1900 (aged 83). Edvard Helsted was a Danish violinist, composer, music educator, conductor and concertmaster.
Edvard (or Eduard) Mads Ebbe Helsted (8 December 1816 – 1 March 1900) was a Danish composer. He is the brother of composer Carl Helsted.
Biography Edvard Helsted was born in Copenhagen and trained as a violinist. He worked in the Royal Chapel from 1838 to 1869, first as an orchestra member and then after 1863 as concert master. He resigned in 1869 for health reasons.
With Holger Simon Paulli, Helsted wrote Acts I and III of August Bournonville's ballet Napoli (1842). Later, he and Paulli would collaborate on another Bournonville ballet and one of his most popular, the 1858 Blomsterfesten i Genzano (Flower Festival in Genzano). Other ballet scores by Helsted are Toreadoran (1840) and Kirsten Piil (1845).
Helsted died in Fredensborg. He is buried in Asminderød Cemetery.
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Danish violinist and composer (1816–1900)
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Edvard Helsted was born on 8 December 1816 in Copenhagen.
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Edvard Helsted died on 1 March 1900 in Fredensborg.
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Edvard Helsted was a violinist, composer, music educator, conductor and concertmaster.
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Edvard Helsted was Danish.
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