Otto Mortensen
Otto Hübertz Mortensen (18 August 1907 – 30 August 1986) was a Danish composer and conductor. He also played the organ and piano. For a number of years he worked at the Royal Danish Theatre as a rehearser for the opera, and later worked at Aarhus University.
As a composer, Mortensen composed both vocal works and instrumental music. He is most famous for arranging countless choral works and for writing the melodies for a number of Danish songs, e.g. Septembers himmel, Min skat, Sommervise (Du danske sommer jeg elsker dig…), and the Norwegian Kringsatt av fiender (lyrics by Nordahl Grieg). In the years leading up to his death, he worked on new melodies to a number of psalms, e.g. At sige verden ret farvel.
The melody for the poem by Helge Rode, Du gav os de blomster, som lyste imod os, was selected by the Danish Ministry of Culture in 2006 as one of 12 songs to be a part of the Canon of Culture (Danish: Kulturministeriets Kulturkanon) in the category musical scores.
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 1. Danmark, nu blunder den lyse nat (Denmark, the Pale Summer Night now) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 2. Du danske sommer, jeg elsker dig (Oh Danish Summer, I Love You) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 3. Signorina! Tag mine roser! (Signorina! Take My Roses!) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 4. Sommerstorm over Ebeltoft (Summer Storm over Ebeltoft) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 5. Aftenlandskab (Evening Landscape) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 6. Varvejr (Spring Weather) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 7. Tidligt forar (Early Spring) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 8. Sommernat (Summernight) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Danske sange (10 Danish Songs): No. 9. Normandiet (Normandy) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 1. Koretur (A Drive) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 2. Til varen (To Spring) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 3. Det eviga (The Eternal) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 4. Det regnar (It Rains) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 5. Vinternatt (Winter Night) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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10 Sange af nordiske digtere: No. 6. Det ar vackrast nar det skymmer (It is never more Beautiful than at Dusk) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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4 Songs: Da jeg standsed'ved skoven an aften men sne (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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3 Songs: No. 1. Isabels eventyrlige oplevelser (Adventures fo Isabel) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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3 Songs: No. 2. Le og vaer muntre (Laugh and Be Merry) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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7 Sange (7 Songs): No. 1. En sommer over vaeggen (One Summer, across the Wall) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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7 Sange (7 Songs): No. 2. Forsommersang (A Song of Early Summer) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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7 Sange (7 Songs): No. 3. Mirakler (Miracles) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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7 Sange (7 Songs): No. 4. Bogfinken (The Chaffinch) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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Du gave os de blomster, som lyste imod os (You Gave Us the Flowers that Shone towards Us) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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Septembers himmel er sa bla (All Blue September's Sky) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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Min Skat. Hun er sod, hun er blod (My Sweetheart. She is neat, she is sweet): Min skat (My Darling) - Mortensen, O.: Vocal Music -
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