Background
Winge was born in Christiania. His mother"s side of the family produced many musicians and artists, including painter Oda Lasson Krohg (1860-1935), composer Nils Lasson, and cabaret artist Bokken Lasson.
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Winge was born in Christiania. His mother"s side of the family produced many musicians and artists, including painter Oda Lasson Krohg (1860-1935), composer Nils Lasson, and cabaret artist Bokken Lasson.
Winge studied piano with Edmund Neupert and Otto Winter-Hjelm, and music theory with Johan Svendsen. Later he studied music in Leipzig from 1883 to 1884 and afterwards in Berlin to 1886. Winge was music director of Musikselskabet Harmonien (now Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) from 1886 until 1893, and was also conductor of the Norwegian Studentersangforeningen from 1916 to 1919.
The most important of Winge"s oeuvre is his around 60 romances.
Among Winge"s compositions are the children"s songs Kjære lille gutten minimum ("Dear Little Boy of Mine") and Jeg synger for minimum lille venn ("I’m Singing for My Little Friend").
