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Jonathan Petersen
Jonathan Petersen
greenland, composer, national anthem, organist, educator
Born
May 07, 1881
Nuuk, Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland
Passed Away
Aug 22, 1961
Nuuk, Greenland
Lifespan
80 years old
"Music elevates our language and brings harmonious warmth to our northern shores."
Archival Overview
Greenlandic composer, organist, and educator who composed the music for Greenland's national anthem.
Biographical Record
Jonathan Petersen was Greenland's foremost 20th-century classical composer, organist, and linguistic scholar who set Henrik Lund's lyrics to music for the national anthem.
Trained in Copenhagen, Petersen returned to Nuuk to teach music, Danish, and Greenlandic grammar at the Ilinniarfissuaq teacher training college for over thirty years.
He composed numerous choral cantatas, hymns, and piano arrangements, and authored the standard Greenlandic grammar textbook and orthography studies that modernized Kalaallisut language instruction.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Nuuk Municipal Cemetery
Nuuk, Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland
GPS: 64.1750, -51.7389
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