Olav Gurvin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olav Gurvin

Norwegian musicologist

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1893

Place of Birth: Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1974

Profession: conductor, biographer, choir director, music critic, musicologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Olav Gurvin (24 December 1893 Tysnes – 31 October 1974) was a Norwegian musicologist, a professor at the University of Oslo from 1957.
He co-edited the first Norwegian music encyclopedia in 1949, and edited the magazine Norsk Musikkliv from 1942 to 1951.