Werner Knudsen (born 23 October 1953 in Ringsted) is a Danish computer scientist, composer and author of both choral music and IT books. He is an IT architect at IBM and used to work at TDC A/S. He lives in Glostrup close to Copenhagen.
Parallel to his IT career he has always worked with music, in particular choir singing. For a number of years he was chairman of the Children's choir of the Royal Danish Academy of Music for which he has arranged some music. He is also a member of Akademisk Kor, a Copenhagen-based oratorio choir.
He has primarily composed songs as well as choral and organ music, notably in collaboration with author Niels Johansen."Salmer skal overraske" – article in Danish from Kristeligt Dagblad Hvem kaldte på erantis?, a collection of their songs and hymns, was published at Unitas Forlag in 2010. His Sommersange, a choral cycle with lyrics by Thøger Larsen, has been published at Edition S in 2008.
Works
IT Books 1995: Internet for allekgl. bibl. 1997: Mere Internet for allekgl. bibl. 1999: Internet tips for allekgl. bibl. 2001: Den lille bog om søgning på nettetkgl. bibl.
Music Works: 2006: Sommersange (lyrics by Thøger Larsen)kgl. bibl 2007: Du danske sommer, jeg elsker dig (lyrics by Thøger Larsen) 2010: Hvem kaldte på erantis? (lyrics by Niels Johansen)
See also List of Danish composers
References
This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.
External links Hvem kaldte på Erantis? (2010) Sommersange (2006) Sange, salmer og viser Edition S Unitas Forlag