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Composer Sigfús Einarsson. Recorded by Sigrún Gísladóttir.
Composer Sigfús Einarsson was born in Eyrarbakki on January 30, 1877. His parents were Einar Jónsson, a merchant in Eyrarbakki, and Guðrún Jónsdóttir from Hafnarfjörður.
Einar was from the Bergsætt family, as were his cousins, the organists, Bjarni, Jón and Ísólfur Pálsson, the sons of Ísólfur, Dr. Páll, composer and court organist, and Sigurður, organist at the Free Church in Reykjavík, and Bjarni's son, Friðrik, composer and organist in Hafnarfjörður.
Sigfús's wife was Valborg Inger Elisabeth Hellemann, a Danish singer and pianist, and they had two children, Elsa Sigfúss, a singer, and Einar Sigfússon, a music teacher and violinist with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
Sigfús graduated from the Latin School in 1898. He studied singing in Copenhagen with opera singer Valdemar Lincke and music theory with August Enna, received a scholarship from the Alþingi and began studying Icelandic folk songs and setting them to music.
Arrangements of Icelandic folk songs and stirring songs to the poets' patriotic poems were an important part of the national awakening of those years, and that mood can be clearly seen in various songs by Sigfús, such as Þú álfu vorrar yngsta land and Rís ðú unga Íslands merki.
Sigfús and Valborg married in 1906 and then settled in Reykjavík. They first lived on private singing lessons, but Sigfús then taught singing at the National School of Education from its founding in 1908, became a court organist and singing teacher at the National School of Education in 1913 and taught music and hymn singing to theology students from 1911-29. In addition, Sigfús conducted a number of choirs for many years and was appointed music director for the 1930 Alþingi Festival. He founded the Reykjavík Orchestra, together with Jón Laxdal, in 1925 and conducted it for the first two years. He then revised Jónas Helgason's church hymnal and published his own, worked on the publication of the Psalm Songbook and published the Icelandic Collection of Song Songs I and II, to name a few.
Composer Sigfús Einarsson was born in Eyrarbakki on January 30, 1877. His parents were Einar Jónsson, a merchant in Eyrarbakki, and Guðrún Jónsdóttir from Hafnarfjörður.
Einar was from the Bergsætt family, as were his cousins, the organists, Bjarni, Jón and Ísólfur Pálsson, the sons of Ísólfur, Dr. Páll, composer and court organist, and Sigurður, organist at the Free Church in Reykjavík, and Bjarni's son, Friðrik, composer and organist in Hafnarfjörður.
Sigfús's wife was Valborg Inger Elisabeth Hellemann, a Danish singer and pianist, and they had two children, Elsa Sigfúss, a singer, and Einar Sigfússon, a music teacher and violinist with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
Sigfús graduated from the Latin School in 1898. He studied singing in Copenhagen with opera singer Valdemar Lincke and music theory with August Enna, received a scholarship from the Alþingi and began studying Icelandic folk songs and setting them to music.
Arrangements of Icelandic folk songs and stirring songs to the poets' patriotic poems were an important part of the national awakening of those years, and that mood can be clearly seen in various songs by Sigfús, such as Þú álfu vorrar yngsta land and Rís ðú unga Íslands merki.
Sigfús and Valborg married in 1906 and then settled in Reykjavík. They first lived on private singing lessons, but Sigfús then taught singing at the National School of Education from its founding in 1908, became a court organist and singing teacher at the National School of Education in 1913 and taught music and hymn singing to theology students from 1911-29. In addition, Sigfús conducted a number of choirs for many years and was appointed music director for the 1930 Alþingi Festival. He founded the Reykjavík Orchestra, together with Jón Laxdal, in 1925 and conducted it for the first two years. He then revised Jónas Helgason's church hymnal and published his own, worked on the publication of the Psalm Songbook and published the Icelandic Collection of Song Songs I and II, to name a few.