{{short description|Danish composer and pianist}} {{Expand Danish|date=April 2009|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Emil Reesen | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|5|30|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|3|27|1887|5|30|df=y}} | family = Frederik Magle (great-nephew) | occupation = Composter, conductor, pianist }} '''Emil Reesen''' (30 May 1887 – 27 March 1964) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Emil_Reesen|title=Emil Reesen|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=15 November 2025}}</ref> Aside from composing for ballets and operas he was also a noted film score composer. He is remembered mainly for his operetta ''Farinelli'' (1942), which is still popular today.<ref>[http://www.dennyopera.dk/farinelli/index.asp?menuid=1&operaid=23 "Farinelli"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208212152/http://www.dennyopera.dk/farinelli/index.asp?menuid=1&operaid=23 |date=2016-02-08 }}, Den Ny Opera. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 19 March 2010.</ref>
==Life== Emil Reesen studied with private tutors such as the composer Vilhelm Rosenberg and the pianist Siegfried Langgaard (a pupil of Franz Liszt). He made his debut as a concert pianist in 1911 and was employed as a conductor for the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1927. In 1931 he also began working as a ballet conductor at the Royal Danish Theatre. Later in his life he conducted the Vienna Symphony and recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/artist-emil-reesen.aspx|title=Emil Reesen, biography & discography|publisher=Dacapo records|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> Emil Reesen was the father of the composer Morten Reesen (1928–1961) and the great-uncle of the composer Frederik Magle (his sister's grandson).<ref>[http://www.magle.dk/dansk/bio-more.html Frederik Magle biography] (magle.dk)</ref>
==Notable works== * 1926 Rapsodien Himmerland * 1928 Variationer over et tema af Schubert * 1931 Gaucho, ballet * 1933 Gudindernes Strid, ballet * 1934 Zaporogerne, ballet * 1941 Trianon. Suite i gammel stil * 1941 Historien om en Moder, opera (Det kgl. Teater) * 1942 Farinelli, operetta (text: Mogens Dam) * 1948 Gadeprinsessen, operette * 1950 Video, fjernsynsballet * 1924 Lille Lise Let-på-Tå (Scalarevyen "Regnbuen") * 1925 Adrienne med sin luftantenne (Scalarevyen) * 1925 Roselille men uden mor (Scalarevyen) * 1925 Vil du sænke dit øje (Scalarevyen) * 1941 Et Flag er smukkest i Modvind (Poul Sørensen) * 1944 To som elsker hinanden (Viggo Stuckenberg) * 1948 Vuggevise (Mogens Kaarøe)
==Film music== * 1922 Häxan * 1937 Flådens blå matroser * 1937 Plat eller krone * 1940 En desertør * 1941 Niels Pind og hans dreng * 1941 En forbryder * 1943 Kriminalassistent Bloch * 1944 Familien Gelinde * 1944 Spurve under taget * 1946 Oktoberroser * 1948 Hvor er far ? * 1950 Din fortid er glemt
==See also== *List of Danish composers
== External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0716082|name=Emil Reesen}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130723202851/http://www.komponistforeningen.dk/node/3022 Biography at Dansk Komponist Forening] (Danish)
==References== {{reflist}} *''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.''
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