Hikari Kobayashi – paper 2011

Presented at the Grieg Conference in Copenhagen August 13, 2011

Hikari Kobayashi, Japan
Doctoral student in Musicology
Graduate School of Letters
Osaka University

Grieg’s influence on Hanka Schjelderup Petzold
Hanka Schjelderup Petzold (1862–1937) was the sister of Gerhard Schjelderup, a Norwegian composer and music critic. She arrived in Japan in 1909 to teach the piano and singing at the Tokyo Music School and lived there until her death. Nurturing prominent Japanese musicians, she performed at concerts and received good reviews. Although she played an important role in the sphere of music in Japan, her achievements have not been researched extensively.

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Paper Hikari Kobayashi 2011

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