{{Short description|Norwegian violinist, teacher and composer (1861–1939)}} thumb|right|'''Gustav Fredrik Lange''' {{about|a Norwegian musician|the German composer|Gustav Lange|}} '''Gustav Fredrik Lange''' (February 22, 1861 – February 11, 1939) was a Norwegian violinist, violin teacher, theory teacher, and composer. During his time, he was considered one of Norway's best in his field.
Lange was born in Halden.<ref name="NBL">[https://nbl.snl.no/Gustav_Lange ''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Gustav Lange.]</ref> He was the second concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic from its beginning in 1919, and for a time he served as first concertmaster at the Christiania Theatre and National Theatre.<ref name="NBL"/> With Ole Olsen and Edvard Grieg, he created music for Henrik Ibsen's comedy ''The League of Youth'' (premiere at the Swedish Theatre, 1901). Like Ole Olsen, Lange was a Freemason and worked as a conductor and arranger for the Freemasons Orchestra (1921–1936). In Halden he was a member of a chamber quartet together with Oscar Borg (his violin teacher in his youth),<ref name="NBL"/> Markus Boberg, and the cellist Dupery Hamilton.<ref>Engelstad, Eivind Stenersen. 1959. ''Storgårder i Østfold''. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 43.</ref>
Together with Peter Brynie Lindeman, Lange edited the periodical ''Orkestertidende—blad for musikere og musikervenner'' (The Orchestra Times: A Paper for Musicians and Their Friends; 1892–1894). Lange was a cofounder of the Oslo Music Teachers Association, the Norwegian Music Teachers' National Federation, and the National Federation of Norwegian Musical Artists ({{langx|no|Norsk Tonekunstnersamfund}}). He also taught violin, theory, and harmony at the Oslo Conservatory of Music (1889–1937).
Lange died in Oslo.<ref name="NBL"/>
==Selected students== Prominent students that Gustav Fredrik Lange taught during his career include: *Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), pianist and composer *Henrik Adam Due (1891–1966), violinist *Magne Elvestrand (1914–1991), organist *Johan Stanley Simonsen (1904–2003), violinist *Gunnar Knudsen (1907–2003), violinist *Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), composer *Arild Sandvold (1895–1984), organist *Ludvig Nielsen (1906–2001), composer *Frithjof Spalder (1896–1985), composer *Reidar Thommessen (1889–1986), composer
== Awards == *King's Medal of Merit in gold, 1921 *''Litteris et Artibus'', a Swedish royal medal *''Ordre des Palmes Académiques'', a French national order
== Works == *''Moderne Violinmusik. Samling af nyere Komponisters Værker udsatte for Violin med Piano'' (Modern Violin Music. A Collection of Recent Composers' Works Arranged for Violin with Piano, 1896) *''Praktisk harmonilære'' (Practical Harmony, 1897) *''Praktisk violinskole I–III'' (Practical Violin Course 1–3, 1899) *''Melodier til Margrethe Munthes Kom, skal vi synge'' (Melodies to Margrethe Munthe's Come Shall We Sing, 1907)
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