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Niels Viggo Bentzon
Person · male · Kingdom of Denmark · Copenhagen · born 1919 · died 2000 · recording since 2006
Danish composer (1919–2000)
Also known as ニエル・ヴィゴ・ベンツォン
Timeline
6 events✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1910s
1960s
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione" / Symphonic Variations, op. 92
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione" / Symphonic Variations, op. 92
Album
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Biography
English biography197 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370795806
Biography
Niels Viggo Bentzon (24 August 1919 – 25 April 2000) was a Danish composer and pianist.
Biography
Bentzon was born and died in Copenhagen. He was the son of Viggo Bentzon (1861-1937), Rector of Copenhagen University, and Karen Hartmann (1882-1977), concert pianist. Through his mother, Bentzon was descended from the Danish composer Johann Hartmann and was the great-grandson of the Danish composer J.P.E. Hartmann. From 1938 to 1942, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen and Christian Christiansen. He then taught at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus (1945–50) and at The Royal Danish Academy (1950–88).
As a pianist, he left many recordings of works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Busoni, Schoenberg, Petrassi and others, as well as himself. He is also well known for the three-note jingle D/Eb/Bb (pronounced D/S/B in Danish) on the acronym of DSB, the Danish Railroad Company "Danske Statsbaner", his most performed piece as it is played on arrival of any train in Danish rail stations.
Niels became well-known in Denmark as a composer, as he has over 650 works to his credit, often times experimenting with avant-garde techniques.
Music
See List of compositions by Niels Viggo Bentzon
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -6 | 8.9th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione" / Symphonic Variations, op. 92
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:50
1Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione": I. Allegro ma non troppo17:252Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione": II. Allegro molto5:473Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione": III. Andante tranquillo10:054Symphony no. 8, op. 113 "Sinfonia discrezione": IV. Allegro11:105Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Theme. Molto moderato3:396Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 1. Allegro1:567Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 2. Poco meno2:398Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 3. Allegro2:069Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 41:0510Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 51:2511Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 6. Poco meno1:1112Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 7. Con moto1:1613Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 80:3414Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 91:0215Symphonic Variations, op. 92: Variation 10. Sostenuto1:30Bentzon: Kronik om René Descartes / Colding‐Jørgensen: To Love Music / Norby: The Rainbow Snake
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:17:00
1Regnbueslangen19:282Kronik om Rene Descartes, op. 357: I. Den cartesianske hvirvel7:103Kronik om Rene Descartes, op. 357: II. De omnibus dubitandum est5:004Kronik om Rene Descartes, op. 357: III. Aristoteles‐stormen6:095Kronik om Rene Descartes, op. 357: IV. Cogito, ergo sum10:096At elske musikken29:04
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Niels Viggo Bentzon head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -6 | 8.9th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog | won | |
| 1977 | Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog | won | |
| — | Order of the Dannebrog | won | |
| — | commander of the Order of the Dannebrog | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Viggo_Bentzon_%281986%29_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d825ad4-73a2-4183-9bfa-058cc5cf5631discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d825ad4-73a2-4183-9bfa-058cc5cf5631core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1825044genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1825044seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Viggo_Bentzonbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Viggo_Bentzon
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Erling Mandelmann · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1825044 · MusicBrainz: 3d825ad4-73a2-4183-9bfa-058cc5cf5631
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