Christian Sinding - His Music and His Life

The Norwegian Christian Sinding was born in Kongsberg on January 11, 1856. He became a pupil of L.M. Lindeman, the great Norwegian folksong collector. Through him Sinding came in touch while the whole Skandinavian folk art.

For continuing studies Sinding moved to Leipzig, where he met Carl Reinicke (1824-1910), one of his very important teachers.

Sinding composed a lot of chamber music, some symphonies and concertos. During his really long life (he passed away in Oslo at age 85 on Decdember 3, 1941), Sinding created more than 200 songs and innnumerable piano pieces, like the most well-known "Rustle of Spring" with grandiose and pompous elements.

"Rustle of Spring" by Christian Sinding