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Knud Hendersen (Lone) notes, 1928
- Title
- Knud Hendersen (Lone) notes, 1928
- Identifier
- P0152
- Date
- 1928
- Creator
- Hendersen, Knud
- Description
- 1 folder
- Manuscript material for a book of poems, "Digte om hjemlige tanker," 1928, by a Norwegian-born musician in Chicago and Cambridge, Wisconsin. The file includes a short biography. Includes a short biography. The book is in the St. Olaf library. Also: Koral-bog, indeholdende melodier for salmer og aandelige sange, tillig-med et udvalg of "anthems," samt musikskole som veiledning til sangovelser. 7. betydelig forogede udgave. Chicago, Skandinaven's Boghandel, 1887. 172 p. Tillaeg til Hendersons Koralbog indeholdende melodier flerstemmig udsatte og egnet til brug for blandet kor, orgel eller piano. Chicago, John Anderson Publ. Co., 1895. (32 p.)
Born Voss, Henderson emigrated 1849 to Cambridge, Wis. In 1851 to Chicago where he received musical training and "was the first to hold Norwegian sangskole' in Chicago." In 1865 appeared the first edition of his "Koralbog," "the first Norwegian music book published in America."He also published "National- og selskabs-Sange med Musik, Praktisk musik-laere for salmodikon, med noder og ziffer." In 1869 he returned to the home farm. He was active in Vosselaget as president and historian, in the Norwegian Pioneer Association of America, and other organizations. A biography is in "Vossingen" no. 2 (1922) page 3. A photocopy of an article about Henderson (on the occasion of his 90th birthday) by Ole Rohrstaff (from Manuscript material donated by the "Skandinaven" Nov.16,1925) is included.
Location:1/A/6 - Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Rights
- Rights undetermined.
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Poems
Collection
Citation
Hendersen, Knud, “Knud Hendersen (Lone) notes, 1928,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9901.