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    Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony...
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  • Fartein is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Fartein Døvle Jonassen (born 1971), Norwegian novelist and translator Fartein Valen (1887–1952)...
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  • Fartein Valen-Sendstad (15 June 1918 – 13 February 1984) was a Norwegian historian and museologist. He served as Director of Maihaugen in Lillehammer...
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    RATIO Arkitekter AS. The orchestra hall is named after the composer Fartein Valen. It is specially designed for acoustic music and will become the new...
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  • Valen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anita Valen (born 1968), Norwegian cyclist Fartein Valen (1887–1952), Norwegian composer...
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    the Stavanger Concert Hall (Stavanger konserthus), performing in the Fartein Valen concert hall. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation founded the orchestra...
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  • Maurier's Rebecca (1938). "The Hound of Heaven" inspired Norwegian composer Fartein Valen (1887–1952) to compose his Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 38 (1941). The sonata's...
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    composer Fartein Valen lived much of his life in Valevåg in northern Sveio. Valenheimen, the house he lived in is open to the public and the Fartein Valen Festival...
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  • Valen-Sendstad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fartein Valen-Sendstad (1918–1984), Norwegian historian Magne Valen-Sendstad (1913–1984)...
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  • commission by André Jolivet is similarly titled. Norwegian composer Fartein Valen composed an orchestral piece called Epithalamion Op. 19 in 1933, celebrating...
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