Georg Carl Bohlmann

Georg Carl BohlmannGeorg Carl Bohlmann (1838 – 1920) was a Danish music teacher, music director, organist and composer. He composed a number of major and minor compositions, including two symphonies, and several overtures. He also arranged music for other artists.

Biography Bohlman was born on 8 April 1838, the son of tobacco manufacturer Reinhard Georg Carl Bohlmann. Bohlmann studied with Charles Kjerulf, likely at the Mariboes School.

Bohlmann lived in Bremen from 1851–1859 and trained as a musician under conductor Carl Heinemann. He returned to Copenhagen, where he worked as a music teacher and arranger and a music theater director.

In 1865, he received the Anckerske scholarship and considered using it to studied in Rome.

From 1872 to 1876, Bohlmann was an organist in Svendborg. His own Vikingefærd (Viking Expedition) was also performed at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

Beginning in 1887, Bohlmann received an annual grant from the state. He also received a grant from the Raben-Lewetzauske Fund for the publication of instrumentation illustrations. From 1892 until his death, he was an organist at the Vestre Kirkegaards Chapel in Copenhagen.

Bohlmann died in 1920; he was 82.