Background
Alf Thorvald Hurum was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway. He was a son of Thorvald Hurum (1839-1909) and Jakobine Olava Haslum (1844-1929).
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Alf Thorvald Hurum was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway. He was a son of Thorvald Hurum (1839-1909) and Jakobine Olava Haslum (1844-1929).
From 1905 to 1907, he studied composition at the Berliner Akademie der Künste.
Among other, his instructors included Max Bruch. Among his works are two violin sonatas, from 1911 and 1915 respectively, Lilja (for men"s chorus) from 1919, the suite Eventyrland from 1920, the symphonic poem Bendik og Årolilja from 1923, and a symphony in d minor from 1927. His visual art is represented in the Honolulu Museum of Art and in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
After settling at Honolulu, he served as president of the Association of Honolulu Artists, and was honorary member of the Morning Music Club.