About Orla Rosenhoff
Lived 1844 – 1905 (aged 60). Orla Rosenhoff was a Danish composer, music educator, musicologist and music teacher.
Orla Albert Vilhelm Rosenhoff (1 October 1844 – 4 June 1905) was a Danish musician, the son of , a teacher.
Born in Copenhagen, Rosenhoff was a student of Adolph Lund and later of Niels Gade. When the music academy was established in 1867, Rosenhoff was the acting teacher of piano. He was later employed from 1881 to 1892 as a teacher of harmony, counterpoint and fugue. Teaching became Rosenhoff's life's work,
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Who was Orla Rosenhoff?
Danish composer (1844-1905)
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Orla Rosenhoff was born on 1 October 1844 in Copenhagen.
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Orla Rosenhoff died on 4 June 1905 in Copenhagen.
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Orla Rosenhoff was a composer, music educator, musicologist and music teacher.
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Orla Rosenhoff was Danish.
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