Irene Skovgaard

Irene Georgia Skovgaard (December 2, 1902 - March 12, 1982) was a Danish[1] writer, composer,[2] and music educator who specialized in recorder music and canons, and belonged to the Skovgaard family of artists.[3][4][5]

Skovgaard was one of eight children born to Ingeborg Luplau Møller and the painter Niels Kristian Skovgaard. Her grandfather was Peter Christian Skovgaard, the well-known Danish landscape painter. She studied piano and voice at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, finishing in 1930.[6]

In 1939, Skovgaard and Werner Wolf Glaser opened a School of Music in Lyngbby, Denmark.[6][7] Skovgaard collaborated with Glaser, as well as with her brother Hjalte Skovgaard, on several publications (see below).

Skovgaard’s works were published by Imudico and Skandinavisk Musikforlag.[8] They include:

  1. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  2. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. ^ Skovgaard, Irene Georgia. "geni.com". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  4. ^ Skovgaard, Irene Georgia. "myheritage.com". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  5. ^ Skovgaard, Irene Georgia. "Skovgaard-familien". www.skovgaardmuseet.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. ^ a b Berg, Sigurd (1959). Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, 1917-1953 (in Danish). Det Berlingske bogtrykkeri.
  7. ^ "Glaser, Werner Wolf | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  8. ^ Skovgaard, Irene Georgia. "worldcat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-03-03.