Enna, August (1859–1939)

Danish composer of Italian descent. The son of a cobbler, he was almost entirely self-taught. The family moved to Copenhagen in 1870. In 1888 Gade helped him to study in Germany for a year. He had already produced an operetta by that time and become a provincial conductor.

Works operas Heksen/The Witch, 1892), Cleopatra, Aucassin and Nicolette (1896), The Little Match-Seller and The Princess on the Pea (both after Andersen), Komedianter/The Jesters (after Hugo), Gloria Arsena (after Dumas père), Don Juan Mañara (1922), etc.; operetta A Village Tale; ballets; choral work Mother-Love; two symphonies, Festival Overture, symphonic pictures; violin concerto.