User:Gazza1685

First Edit: 20 July, 2005

Age: 40

Languages: English (native), Norwegian (not fluent)

Interests: Classical, History, Science, Technology, News & Politics

Articles/Lists that I have created

 * 1) A Trumpeter's Lullaby, Composition from 1949 by American composer Leroy Anderson
 * 2) Altona, Bergen, tavern in Bergen, Norway dating from c. 1600
 * 3) Vassily Brandt, Russian trumpeter, pedagogue, and composer
 * 4) Atlantic Brass Quintet, American classical chamber ensemble (stub)
 * 5) Lars Kristian Brynildsen (1954-2005), Norwegian clarinetist
 * 6) Harald Bjørkøy, Norwegian tenor
 * 7) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian symphony orchestra
 * 8) Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay, Canadian music conservatory (stub)
 * 9) Dragefjellets Musikkorps, Norwegian wind ensemble
 * 10) Gaston Dufresne, solfege teacher and Boston Symphony Orchestra contrabassist
 * 11) Arvid Fladmoe (1915-1993), Norwegian composer and conductor
 * 12) Merri Franquin (1848-1934), French classical trumpet player
 * 13) Armando Ghitalla (1925-2001), American classical trumpet player
 * 14) Carl von Garaguly (1900-1984), Hungarian conductor
 * 15) Grieg Hall, 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway
 * 16) Griegakademiet, Norwegian music conservatory (stub)
 * 17) Per Hannevold, Norwegian bassoonist
 * 18) Richard Henneberg (1853-1925), German composer-conductor
 * 19) Iver Holter (1850-1941), Norwegian composer and conductor
 * 20) Olav Kielland (1901-1985), Norwegian composer and conductor
 * 21) Dmitri Kitajenko, Russian conductor
 * 22) Marcel LaFosse (1895-1969), French classical trumpet player
 * 23) Andrew Litton (born 1959), American conductor
 * 24) Georges Mager (1885-1950), French classical trumpet player
 * 25) Johan Henrich Poulson, Danish violinist
 * 26) Ferdinand A. Rojahn (1822-1900), German organist, violinist and conductor
 * 27) Ole Rødder (d. 1806), Norwegian violinist
 * 28) Ole Kristian Ruud, Norwegian conductor
 * 29) Gro Schibsted Sandvik, Norwegian flutist
 * 30) Ferdinand Giovanni Schediwy (1804-1877), Czeck composer and organist
 * 31) René Voisin (1893-1952), French classical trumpet player
 * 32) Roger Voisin (born 1918), French-american classical trumpet player
 * 33) James R. West, modern American classical trumpet player (stub)
 * 34) Per Winge (1858-1935), Norwegian composer and conductor
 * 35) List of symphony orchestras, taken originally from article on Orchestra

Articles to which I have made significant contributions

 * Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889), French cornet soloist, conductor, teacher and composer.
 * Bergen, Norway, coastal city in western Norway.
 * Concert Band, a musical ensemble often used in military, school or community music
 * Nina Hagerup Grieg, Danish soprano
 * Orchestra, a musical ensemble often used in classical music.
 * Harald Sæverud (1897-1992), Norwegian composer.
 * Statsraad Lemkuhl, Norwegian sailing ship
 * Markus Stockhausen (born 1957), German trumpeter and composer.
 * Nina Totenberg, American journalist.
 * Trumpet, a musical instrument which is the highest-pitched of the brass.
 * Douglas Yeo, American bass trombonist.
 * Yoruba mythology, African religion

I have also have made minor edits to articles on the following:

people:
 * Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian-American composer
 * Leroy Anderson, American composer
 * Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer
 * Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer
 * Adolph Herseth, American orchestral trumpeter
 * David Hickman, American classical trumpeter
 * Paul Hindemith, German composer
 * Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano
 * Thomas Stevens (trumpeter), American orchestral trumpeter
 * Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actor
 * Edward Tarr, trumpeter
 * Mircea Chelaru, leader of the Romanian National Unity Party
 * Yuri Romanenko, Soviet cosmonaut

places:
 * Chicoutimi, Quebec
 * Gainesville, Florida
 * Norway

things:
 * Bergen Woodwind Quintet
 * Boston Symphony Orchestra
 * Cabbage Moth
 * Concert-master
 * Contrabassist
 * Music of Norway
 * Permittivity
 * 1765 in music
 * Nordlandsbanen
 * Temple (Mormonism)
 * Shepard tone
 * Sukia

and on the following lists:
 * Requested articles/music
 * 1804 in music
 * 20th century brass instrumentalists
 * List of Boston University people
 * List of musical events
 * List of trumpeters

To-do list: André Come - Francois Dauverne - Pierre Vignal - International Music Company - Guillaume Balay - Henri Buesser - A. H. Chavanne  - Ernst August Friese - Johann Christoph Graupner - Giuseppe Maria Jacchini - C. Kopprasch - Georges Marty - Ernst Paudert - Giocomo Perti - Matthias Spiegler - Wilhelm Wurm