Peder Gram was a Danish composer

Composer

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 and organist

Organist

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Gram was born in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 and studied at the Leipzig

Leipzig

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 Conservatory under Stephan Krehl

Stephan Krehl

Stephan Krehl was a German composer, teacher, and theoretician. His writings include Traité général de la musique and Théorie de la musique et de science de la composition.-Works:...

, Arthur Nikisch

Arthur Nikisch

Arthur Nikisch ; 12 October 185523 January 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London and - most importantly - Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt...

 and Hans Sitt

Hans Sitt

Jan Hanuš Sitt, known as Hans Sitt, , was a Bohemian-German violinist, violist, teacher, and composer. During his lifetime, he was regarded as one of the foremost teachers of violin...

. From 1908, he worked as a conductor in Copenhagen and from 1918 to 1932, he led the performances of the Dansk Koncertforening. From 1937 to 1951 he was Director of Music at Radio Copenhagen.

He composed three symphonies, a symphonic fantasy

Fantasia (music)

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, a tone poem, two overtures, a violin concerto

Violin concerto

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, chamber works

Chamber music

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, piano

Piano

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works and songs.