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3 unusual facts about Frederik Magle


Jørlunde church

The specifications and tonal design is created by the composer Frederik Magle.

Mimi Heinrich

After returning to Denmark she married the Danish painter Christian Reesen Magle with whom she has a son, the composer Frederik Magle.

Olfert Fischer

Olfert Fischer is commemorated in the composition The Hope by Frederik Magle which was commissioned by the Admiral Danish Fleet and the Reformed Church in Copenhagen.


1988 in Denmark

27 November — Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.

The Land of Heart's Desire

The title of the album Like a Flame by Frederik Magle is derived from a quote from The Land of Heart's Desire.

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

Frederik Magle's album The song is a Fairytale (1994), with songs based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales performed by Thomas Eje and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen amongst others, includes an adaption of The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep.


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