death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
29 december 1930 halden , norway norway 11 june 1851 oscar borg
 oscar borg composer
oscar borg

oscar borg -lrb- 11 june 1851 -- 29 december 1930 -rrb- was a norwegian composer and conductor .
he is best known for his compositions of marches for wind bands .
alfred oscar johannessen borg was born in halden , norway .
his father , ole peter johannesen -lrb- 1816 -- 1890 -rrb- , was from the borg farm in solør , from which the family name originated .
his father was music sergeant in the 1st brigades band of fredriksten fortress in halden .
oscar borg attended the royal college of music -lrb- `` musikaliska akademien '' -rrb- in stockholm , under the sponsorship of the crown prince of sweden , later king 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 .
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 '' -lrb- 1905 -rrb- , `` kronprins olavs honnørmarsj , den norske løve '' -lrb- 1894 -rrb- and `` norsk turnermarsj '' -lrb- 1886 -rrb- .
he received the king 's medal of merit in gold and was made a knight 1st class of the order of vasa .
he was awarded the king oscar ii medal in gold , and kaiser wilhelms krieg verdienstmedalje .
