What is Knut Nystedt?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Knut Nystedt |image = Knut_Nystedt.jpg |image_size = |background = non_performing_personnel |birth_name = Knut Nystedt |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|9|3|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Oslo]], Norway |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|8|1915|9|3|df=y}} |death_place = Oslo, Norway |origin = |instrument = |genre = |occupation = {{plainlist| *[[Composer (music)|Composer]] *[[Organist]] }} |years_active = |label = |associated_acts = |website = |notable_instruments = }} '''Knut Nystedt''' (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] orchestral and choral composer. He was also a musician and played the [[organ (music)|Organ]]. Nystedt was born in [[Oslo]], Norway. Nystedt founded and conducted [[Det Norske Solistkor]] from 1950 to 1990. He also founded and conducted [[Schola Cantorum (Norwegian choir)|Schola Cantorum]] from 1964 to 1985. Nystedt died in his sleep at his home in Oslo on 8 December 2014 at the age of 99.<ref name=gnistrende/><ref name=minnesota/> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=gnistrende>{{cite news|ref=gnistrende|url=http://www.vl.no/kultur/han-var-en-gnistrende-kraft-1.304285|title=– Han var en gnistrende kraft|publisher=Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper)|date=9 December 2014|accessdate=17 December 2014|language=Norwegian}}</ref> <ref name=minnesota>{{cite news|ref=minnesota|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2014/12/kurt_nystedt_di.shtml|title=Knut Nystedt Dies at Age 99|publisher=Classical Minnesota Public Radio|date=9 December 2014|accessdate=17 December 2014|archive-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221081805/http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2014/12/kurt_nystedt_di.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.carus-verl