# Oscar Borg

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oscar_Borg
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oscar_Borg.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Borg
> Source revision: 1354992917
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Norwegian composer}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox person
|name        = Oscar Borg
|image       =Oscar Borg 0412-15300.jpg
|occupation  = [composer](/source/composer)
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1851|6|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = [Halden](/source/Halden), Norway
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1930|12|29|1851|6|11|df=y}}
|death_place = 
}}

'''Oscar Borg''' (11 June 1851 &ndash; 29 December 1930) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [composer](/source/composer)  and conductor. He is best known for his  compositions of [marches](/source/march_(music)) for [wind band](/source/wind_band)s.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Oscar_Borg ''Oscar Borg'' (Store norske leksikon)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019015455/https://snl.no/Oscar_Borg |date=2016-10-19 }}</ref>

Alfred Oscar Johannessen Borg was born in [Halden](/source/Halden), Norway.  His father, Ole Peter Johannesen (1816–1890), was from the Borg farm in [Solør](/source/Sol%C3%B8r), from which the family name originated. His father was music sergeant in the 1st Brigades Band of [Fredriksten](/source/Fredriksten) Fortress in Halden.

Oscar Borg attended the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music%2C_Stockholm) (''Musikaliska Akademien'') in Stockholm, under the sponsorship of the Crown Prince of Sweden, later King [Oscar II of Sweden](/source/Oscar_II_of_Sweden).  He entered the academy in 1869 and took the music director exam with top marks in the spring of 1872. He had a contractual obligation to return to his old band. He gave his first concert in his hometown as flautist and violinist during  October 1872. When in 1881, conductor Friedrich August Reissiger resigned as director of the 1st Brigades Band,  Oscar Borg was his replacement. Borg remained the director of the 1st Brigades Band in Halden until he resigned 11 June 1918.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Oscar_Borg/utdypning ''Oscar Borg – utdypning'' (Store norske leksikon)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008193251/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Oscar_Borg/utdypning |date=2012-10-08 }}</ref>

Borg's compositions are characterized by good melodies, euphonious harmonies and skillful instrumentation. Oscar Borg composed 60 marches for military bands, 275 songs and about 170 arrangements. Among the marches most played are ''Kong Haakon VIIs Honnørmarsj'' (1905), ''Kronprins Olavs Honnørmarsj, Den Norske Løve''  (1894) and ''Norsk Turnermarsj'' (1886). He received the [King's Medal of Merit](/source/King's_Medal_of_Merit) in gold and was made a Knight 1st Class  of the  [Order of Vasa](/source/Order_of_Vasa). He was awarded the [King Oscar II Medal](/source/King_Oscar_II_Medal) in gold, and [Kaiser Wilhelms Krieg Verdienstmedalje](/source/Kaiser_Wilhelms_Krieg_Verdienstmedalje).

==Personal life==
Oscar Borg was married twice. In 1874, he married Emilie Göthilda Brunstedt (1853–1904). In 1906, he married Marie Gribsrud (1875–1907). Oscar Borg had 12 children, three of whom died early. Several of the children excelled in the artistic direction: Helge Borg (1894–1965) as a composer of dance music, Dag  Borg (1893–1966) as architect and artist and his daughter Ellen (Ragnhild) Borg was a singer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
* Hjorthaug, S. ''Oscar Borg. Hans betydning for musikklivet i Fredrikshald og hans mannskorsanger''  (University of Oslo: 1970)
* Gundersen, E.A. ''Oscar Borg. Norges Marsjkonge'' (Skien: 1991)

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borg, Oscar}}
Category:1851 births
Category:1930 deaths
Category:Norwegian classical composers
Category:Knights First Class of the Order of Vasa
Category:Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
<!-- King [Oscar II](/source/Oscar_II) Medal in gold
[Kaiser Wilhelms Krieg Verdienstmedalje](/source/Wilhelm_II%2C_German_Emperor) -->
Category:Musicians from Halden

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Oscar Borg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Borg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Borg?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.