Frederik Rung


Frederik Rung was a Danish conductor and composer.

Biography

He was the son of composer Henrik Rung. His sister Sophie Keller was an opera singer at the Royal Danish Theatre. His son P. S. Rung-Keller was also an organist and composer.
He studied 1867-70 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels Gade.
from 1881 to 1893, he was a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Music.
In 1877, he became conductor of the special Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association of Copenhagen.
From 1884 until his death in 1914, he was a conductor of the Royal Danish Orchestra.

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