# Sigurd Lie

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**Sigurd Lie** (May 23, 1871 – September 30, 1904) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norwegians) [composer](/source/Composer) and conductor.

Lie was born in [Drammen](/source/Drammen). He grew up in [Kristiansand](/source/Kristiansand), studied in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) in the early 1890s, and then moved to [Oslo](/source/Oslo) to work as a conductor.[1] He died of [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis) in Oslo in 1904.[2]

Lie is known for [romances](/source/Romance_(music)),[3] and his best-known work is the romance *Sne* (Snow) with lyrics by [Helge Rode](/source/Helge_Rode). He also wrote other well-regarded Norwegian romances, including *Hav* (The Sea) and *Det er vaar* (It Is Spring), with lyrics by [Idar Handagard](/source/Idar_Handagard). He also set poems by [Vilhelm Krag](/source/Vilhelm_Krag) to music.[4]

## Works

- *Konsertstykke* (Concert Pieces), for violin and orchestra
- Norsk dans nr. 2 (Norwegian Dance no. 2)
- *Wartburg*, for bass-baritone and orchestra
- *Symfoni i a-moll* (Symphony in A minor), 1903
- *Sne* (Snow)

## Selected recordings

- *Songs* Lawo 2023

## References

1. Stubhaug, Arild. 2006. *Sophus Lie. Une pensée audacieuse*. Translation of *Det var mine tanker djerhvet. Matematikeren Sophus Lie* (2000). Berlin: Springer, p. 493.

1. Qvamme, Börre. 1949. *Norwegian Music and Composers*. London: Bond, p. 46.

1. Lange, Kristian. 1971. *Researching the Song: A Lexicon*. Oslo: Tanum, p. 48.

1. Emmons, Shirlee, & Wilbur Watkins Lewis. 2006. *Researching the Song: A Lexicon*. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 264.

## Further reading

- Grinde, Nils. 1981. Norsk musikkhistorie : hovedlinjer i norsk musikkliv gjennom 1000 år. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pp. 254ff. ISBN 82-00-05639-2.

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