Adolf Riis-Magnussen
1883–1950 (age 67)
Biography
Adolf Riis-Magnussen, born in 1883, devoted himself to classical composition with a scholar's discipline and a poet's tenderness, weaving lyric melodies into cantatas and chamber works alike. He balanced reverence for the past with a willingness to let new harmonies emerge.
Colleagues remember his calm counsel and deep listening as gifts that sustained Brønshøj's musical circles, and Brønshøj Cemetery now holds the quiet of a life well composed.