About Poul Schierbeck
Lived 1888 – 1949 (aged 60). Poul Schierbeck was a Danish composer and organist.
Poul Schierbeck (8 June 1888 – 9 February 1949) was a Danish composer and organist. He was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub. From 1931 he taught composition and instrumentation at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His pupils include Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Jørgen Jersild, Leif Kayser, Svend S. Schultz, and Leif Thybo.
He composed the music for Carl Theodor Dreyer's movie Day of Wrath, and Dreyer also used his music for the movie The Word. Other works include the opera Fête galante.
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Danish composer and organist (1888–1949)
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Poul Schierbeck was born on 8 June 1888 in Copenhagen.
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Poul Schierbeck died on 9 February 1949 in Copenhagen.
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Poul Schierbeck was a composer and organist.
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Poul Schierbeck was Danish.
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