Background
HOLMBOE, Vagn was born on December 20, 1909 in Horsens, Jutland. Son of Jens Christian Gylding Holmboe and Marie Dreyer.
HOLMBOE, Vagn was born on December 20, 1909 in Horsens, Jutland. Son of Jens Christian Gylding Holmboe and Marie Dreyer.
Royal Danish Music Conservatory.
12 symphonies, 3 chamber symphonies, 4 symphonic metamorphoses, 16 concertos, 20 quartets, oratorios, chamber and orchestral music, choral works, et ceteraTeacher at Royal Institute for Blind 1940-1949. Music critic Politiken 1947-1955. Professor, of Composition and Orchestration, Royal Danish Music Conservatory 66.
Board of Danish Composers’ Assembly. Royal Swedish Academy, of Music.
Married Meta Josefa Elisaveta Graf in 1933.