Emil Thoroddsen
(1898-1944)
Icelandic composer, playwright and critic
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Emil Thoroddsen (June 16, 1898 – July 7, 1944) was an Icelandic composer, pianist, playwright, critic and translator. He was the chief art critic of "Morgunblaðið" newspaper from 1926–1933 and worked for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service since its establishment in 1930. Among his most widely known songs are „Íslands Hrafnistumenn“ and „Hver á sér fegra föðurland“ which was premiered at the Festival of the Republic in 1944, shortly before he far too prematurely died from pneumonia.
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16 June 1898
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7 July 1944 (aged 46)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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