About Oluf Ring
Lived 1884 – 1946 (aged 61). Oluf Ring was a Danish composer and teacher.
Oluf Ring (24 December 1884-26 April 1946) was a Danish composer, known for his folk music work. He composed around 300 melodies, as well as one opera, and was affiliated with prominent Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
Biography Ring was born 24 December 1884 in Jelling. His father, Marius Sørensen, taught history and Danish at Jelling State Seminary. In 1911, Ring became a teacher in Ribe's educator's college.
Ring's other works included Svinedregen, an operatic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. He also edited the Arbejdermelodibogen, a book of folk songs written for workers and popular in Denmark's Social Democrat labour movement.
Ring died on 26 April 1946 in Skårup, Funen.
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Who was Oluf Ring?
Danish composer (1884–1946)
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Oluf Ring was born on 24 December 1884 in Jelling.
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Oluf Ring died on 26 April 1946 in Svendborg Sygehus, Svendborg.
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Oluf Ring was a composer and teacher.
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Oluf Ring was Danish.
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