# Emil Reesen

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{{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](/source/Frederik_Magle) (great-nephew)
| occupation  = Composter, conductor, pianist
}}
'''Emil Reesen''' (30 May 1887&nbsp;– 27 March 1964) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [composer](/source/composer), [conductor](/source/Conducting) and [pianist](/source/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 [ballet](/source/ballet)s and [opera](/source/opera)s he was also a noted [film score](/source/film_score) composer. He is remembered mainly for his [operetta](/source/operetta) [''Farinelli''](/source/Farinelli_(operetta)) (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](/source/Franz_Liszt)). He made his debut as a concert pianist in 1911 and was employed as a conductor for the [Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/Danish_National_Symphony_Orchestra) in 1927. In 1931 he also began working as a ballet conductor at the [Royal Danish Theatre](/source/Royal_Danish_Theatre). Later in his life he conducted the [Vienna Symphony](/source/Vienna_Symphony) and recorded with the [Berlin Philharmonic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Royal_Danish_Theatre))
* 1942 [Farinelli](/source/Farinelli_(operetta)), 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](/source/Viggo_Stuckenberg))
* 1948 Vuggevise (Mogens Kaarøe)

==Film music==
* 1922 [Häxan](/source/H%C3%A4xan)
* 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](/source/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==
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