Halfdan Kjerulf was a Norwegian composer.
Kjerulf was born in Christiania. He was the son of a high government official. His early education was at Christiania University, for a legal career, but his studies ended in 1839 as a result of illness, and the next year he spent some time in Paris. Soon after his return his father and two siblings died and he took a job as editor at one of Oslo's main newspapers, Den Constitutionelle, where he worked until 1845.
He started his career as a music teacher...
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