WHarald Søltoft Agersnap was a Danish composer, conductor, cellist, and pianist. He studied with Otto Malling and Carl Nielsen, as well as with his father, Hans Agersnap.
WArthur Ivan Allin was a Danish violinist, organist, conductor and composer.
WCarl Joachim Andersen was a Danish flutist, conductor and composer born in Copenhagen, son of the flutist Christian Joachim Andersen. Both as a virtuoso and as composer of flute music, he is considered one of the best of his time. He was considered to be a tough leader and teacher and demanded as such a lot from his orchestras but through that style he reached a high level.
WConrad Johan Bartholdy was a Danish organist, composer, singing teacher, conductor and author of music theory books. He was honored as a Titular Professor for the year 1900.
WBørge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane".
WGunna Breuning-Storm (1891-1966) was a Danish violinist and music teacher. From 1910 she performed as a soloist throughout Germany until the First World War broke out in 1914. Her Breuning-Bache Quartet was active in Denmark from 1919 until 1956. In 1918, she was the first and only woman since to be appointed court violinist and the first woman to play in the Royal Danish Orchestra. From 1926, she became the conductor of the amateur Euphrosyne Orchestra for the next 20 years. She also performed widely in Sweden and England.
WKarl Søren Clausen was a Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist. In addition to his work as a high school teacher in German and Music, he composed several instrumental and choral works, as well as songs. He became increasingly involved in work with amateur choirs and school singing, and he became a very popular choir conductor, who led several choirs to many musical successes, often with his own choir arrangements, based on folk melodies.
WChristian Florus Balduin Dahl was a Danish composer and conductor. He spent a portion of his career with Den Kongelige Livgarde. He was the son of a musician at Tivoli Gardens.
WSophus Christian Danning was a Danish composer and conductor.
WNiels Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day.
WLauny Grøndahl was a Danish composer and conductor. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen, aged thirteen.
WGeorg Valdemar Høeberg was a Danish violinist, conductor and composer. He was the brother of the opera singer Albert Høeberg and cellist Ernst Høeberg and grandson of Hans Christian Lumbye.
WChristian Frederik Emil Horneman was a Danish composer, conductor, music publisher, and music instructor.
WJohan Hye-Knudsen was a Danish conductor.
WThomas Jensen was a Danish orchestra conductor.
WNikolaj Koppel is a Danish musician, journalist and radio presenter.
WErling Kroner was a Danish trombonist and bandleader.
WFriedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen was a German composer and conductor who lived and worked for much of his life in Denmark.
WHans Christian Lumbye was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things.
WCarl Christian Møller was a Danish concertmaster and composer. His father was a musician and early in his life Carl Christian was hired in the Danish Civil Artillery Music Corps and later became a musician in the 2nd Brigade Music Corps while also playing in Hans Christian Lumbye's orchestra. He participated in the First Schleswig War as a musician but from the 1850s and the rest of his life he worked as leader of different orchestras, initially travelling ensembles but in 1857-64 and 1875-85 he led the orchestra of Folketeatrets in Copenhagen. From 1875 until his death he was a popular leader of Tivoli's concert band.
WCarl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
WKarl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen was a Danish composer, violinist, conductor, and pianist. Today he is considered as one of the most important Danish composers of the early 1900s.
WHolger Simon Paulli was a Danish conductor and composer. Paulli composed an opera, thirteen ballets, an overture, and pieces for violin and lieder.
WTeddy Petersen was a Danish bandleader and violinist. Formally trained at the conservatory in Copenhagen, Petersen worked with many orchestras, directed the music for many films and recorded approximately 1000 records.
WMogens Wöldike was a Danish conductor, choirmaster, organist, and scholar known for his interpretation of music from the Baroque and Classical periods. His son-in-law was the Haydn scholar Jens Peter Larsen.
WNikolaj Szeps-Znaider is a Danish violinist and conductor.