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He left Denmark to study music in Germany (with Hans Von Bülow ) and France (with Hector Berlioz ). In 1871 he became musical director of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland . He eventually returned to Denmark in 1900 , but had limited success there. He wrote several symphonies, Chamber Music and popular orchestral music based on Scandinavia n folk tunes.