Carsten Carlsen
{{Short description|Norwegian pianist and composer}}
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| birth_name = Carsten Marensius Carlsen
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| birth_place = Kristiania, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age |1961|8|28|1892|6|5|df=y}}
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Carsten Marensius Carlsen (5 June 1892 – 28 August 1961) was a Norwegian pianist and composer.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Carsten M. Carlsen |first=Rune J |last=Andersen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Carsten_M._Carlsen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 October 2013}}
Biography
Carsten Marensius Carlsen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Anton Carlsen (1862–1943) and Louise Larsen (1876–1957).
In 1917, he married singer and actress Lalla Carlsen.{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Lalla_Carlsen|title=Lalla Carlsen
|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Svend Erik Løken Larsen|accessdate=April 1, 2018}}
He was educated at the Oslo Conservatory of Music from 1909 to 1913, where he studied with Gustav Fredrik Lange (1861–1939) and Per Winge (1858–1935). He was awarded a state composer scholarship to study in Paris from 1921 to 1923. He was appointed kapellmeister at Chat Noir from 1914 to 1938. He worked at the National Theatre of Norway from 1938 to 1941, followed by the Carl Johan Theater from 1941 to 1945.{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Gustav_Lange|title=Gustav Lange|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon
|author=Nils Grinde|accessdate=April 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Per_Winge|title=Per Winge|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Nils Grinde
|accessdate=April 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Carl_Johan_Teatret|title=Carl Johan Teatret |publisher=Store norske leksikon|author=Elisabeth Leinslie|date=26 June 2017 |accessdate=April 1, 2018}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lalla Carlsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svend Løken |last=Larsen |authorlink=|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Lalla_Carlsen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 October 2013}}
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Category:Oslo Conservatory of Music alumni
Category:Norwegian male composers
Category:20th-century Norwegian composers
Category:20th-century Norwegian pianists
Category:Norwegian male pianists
Category:20th-century Norwegian male musicians
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