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Bjørnstad, Ketil
Norwegian author, pianist and composer born in Oslo. Ketil Bjørnstad studied for Robert Riefling and Amalie Christie. He made his debut with Piano Concert no. 3 by Béla Bartók together with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1969. As a composer he has been described as a romantic impressionist strongly influenced by contemporary jazz, but rock music is also part of his repertoire. Bjørnstad has recorded som...
Literary figures
Bulldog (Hugh) Drummond [2]
Gender: Male
When Sapper (pseudonym for H.C. McNeile) died, his good friend Gerard Fairlie took over his hero Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond and continued to write about him. But the Bulldog the readers meet in Fairlie’s books differs significantly from Sapper’s version. He is the same character, with the same background and social contacts, but is considerably more sympathetic since his strongly nationalist and raci...