Martin Andreas Udbye (June 18, 1820 – January 10, 1889) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Martin Udbye Store norske leksikon
Biography Largely self-taught, he produced an impressive output of diverse and complex works, including the first Norwegian opera, Fredkulla.
His other stage works include three operettas: Hr. Perrichons reise (1861), Hjemve (1864), and Junkeren og flubergrosen (1867). He also composed several choruses, three string quartets (1851–5), an orchestral sketch entitled Lumpasivagabundus (1861), a fantasy on Scandinavian melodies for violin and orchestra (1866), 20 piano trios, and 100 organ preludes among other works.
References
Other sources Kari Michelsen. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). and
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