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List Of Swedish Composers
The following is a list of Swedish composers: Born before 1800 *Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690) *Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) *Johan Agrell (1701–1765)l *Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) *Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801) *Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800) *Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792) *Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833) *Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813) * Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861) *Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833) *Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878) *Franz Berwald (1796–1868) Born 1800s *Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878) *Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857) *Otto Lindblad (1809–1864) *Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901) * Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854) *Fritz Arlberg (1830–1896) *Ludvig Norman (1831–1885) *August Söderman (1832–1876) * Oscar de Wahl (1832–1873) * Gustav Stolpe (1833–1901) *Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915) * Lotten Edholm (1839–1930) *Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929) *Andreas Hallén (1846–1925) *Jacob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Düben
Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Personal life Early life Düben was born in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and Anna Maria Gabriels, lady's maid of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Düben was sent by his father to Germany for education in his youth. He was a student of Sweelinck. Family In 1654, Düben married Dutch merchant's daughter Emerentia Standaert. They had at least nine children. Career In 1647 Gustav became part of the Swedish royal court orchestra, the ''Kungliga Hovkapellet'', where he would succeed as Hofkapellmeister in 1663 after the death of his father the previous year. Both of his sons would follow in their father's footsteps, Gustav ( sv) holding the office from 1690 to 1698 and Anders ( sv) from 1698 to 1726. In addition to his court duties, he was organist at the German Church in Stockholm. Düben composed a few works in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Hammarskjöld
Emilie Augusta Kristina Hammarskjöld née Holmberg (May 6, 1821 – March 26, 1854) was a Swedish composer and musician. She was active as a concert singer, a pianist and a music instructor. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She was likely the first woman artist from Sweden to have toured in the United States, prior to Jenny Lind. In Sweden, she is generally known only as Emilie Holmberg, as she left the country shortly after her marriage. Life Emilie Holmberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden to merchant Carl Christian Holmberg and Aurora Emelie Hellgren. Her parents divorced in 1823, and she was supported by her mother, a successful businesswoman who founded and managed her own library. Education Early on, her mother noted her interest in music, and ensured she was given a musical education. She was entrusted by her mother to the care of the composer Eduard Brendler and his wife Ulrica (Bouck) Brendler (1803–1841). She took music lessons from the composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Sjögren
Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren (16 June 1853, Stockholm – 1 March 1918, Knivsta) was a Swedish composer. Born in Stockholm, Sjögren entered the Stockholm Conservatory at the age of seventeen and later continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory. From 1890, he served as the organist at the Saint John's Church in Stockholm until shortly before his death on 1 March 1918. Sjögren is remembered best for his lieder and piano music. Other noteworthy works include three preludes and fugues for organ, five violin sonatas, as well as pieces for choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp .... External linksOfficial commemorative website* 1853 births 1918 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Swedish people 20th-century classical composers Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Maier
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”. The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' aul. Nol. Epist. 44.4 In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Munktell
Helena Mathilda Munktell (24 November 1852 – 10 September 1919) was a Swedish people, Swedish composer. Biography She was born at Grycksbo in Dalarna County, Sweden. She was the youngest of nine children of Henrik Munktell (1804–1861) and Christina Augusta Eggertz (1818-1889). Her mother lived separately in Stockholm and after her father died, the family moved there. Her sister Emma Josepha Sparre (1851–1913) was a painter. Munktell studied music at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Stockholm Conservatory with :sv:Conrad Nordqvist, Conrad Nordqvist, :sv:Johan Lindegren, Johan Lindegren, Ludwig Norman and :sv:Joseph Dente, Joseph Dente, and then in Vienna with Julius Epstein (pianist), Julius Epstein. She studied both piano and voice, and continued her education in composition in Paris with Benjamin Godard and Vincent d'Indy. Her debut as a composer took place in Sweden in 1885. In the late 1890s, Helena Munktell began to compose music for orchestra. In 1915 she beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Adolf Hägg
Jacob Adolf Hägg (29 June 1850, Östergarn – 1 March 1928, Bjuråker) was a Swedish composer. Hägg studied piano at the Stockholm Conservatory from 1865 to 1870, as well as composition in Copenhagen with Niels Wilhelm Gade and in Berlin with Friedrich Kiel. Due to mental illness, he spent the years 1880 to 1895 in a hospital. He then worked as a pianist and composer in Hedvigsfors, Sweden, and continued to do so after moving to Norway between 1900 and 1909 and resettling in Sweden at Hudiksvall. Hägg composed four symphonies and other orchestral and choral works, chamber music, a collection of ''Little Nordic Songs without Words'' for piano, ten piano suites, and pieces for cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ... and for organ. His cousin Gustaf H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Hallén
Johan Andreas Hallén (22 December 1846 – 11 March 1925) was a Swedish Romantic composer, conductor and music teacher, primarily known for his operas, which were heavily influenced by Richard Wagner’s music dramas. Hallén was born in Gothenburg and died in Stockholm, but the early years of his career and most of his education were in Germany. Like his Norwegian contemporary Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ... and many other composers the same generation, Hallén frequently evokes the folk music and folk stories of his home country in his compositions. According to the musicologist Axel Helmer, however, "The salient feature of his style .. and the one which strongly affected contemporary reaction, is its close, almost derivative relationship to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfrida Andrée
Elfrida Andrée (19 February 1841 – 11 January 1929), was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. A 1996 recording on the Caprice label features Andrée's piano quintet, along with a piano sonata, the string quartet in D minor, and vocal music. She was a sister of Swedish opera singer-soprano Fredrika Stenhammar. Life and career Andrée was born in Visby to the doctor Andreas Andrée. She was the pupil of Ludvig Norman and Niels Wilhelm Gade. Her sister was the singer Fredrika Stenhammar. An activist in the Swedish women's movement, she was one of the first female organists to be officially appointed in Scandinavia. She began work in Stockholm in 1861 and became the organist at Gothenburg Cathedral in 1867. In 1897 she was named leader of the Gothenburg Workers Institute Concerts, establishing her reputation as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra. For her services, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She died in Gothenburg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotten Edholm
Lovisa Christina Charlotta "Lotten" Edholm or af Edholm, née ''von Heijne'' (18 April 1839 - 12 July 1930) was a Swedish composer and a pioneer within the Swedish Red Cross. She was born to the nobleman Georg Fredrik von Heijne-Lillienberg and Juliana Charlotta Silfverstolpe, and married Edvard Edholm (1831-1913), physician to the king, in 1867. She served as ''hovfröken'' (maid of honour A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Role Traditionally, a queen r ...) to the queen dowager Josephine in 1865–67. Lotten Edholm initiated the participation of women in Sweden in the Swedish Red Cross and served as chair of the women's section of the Swedish Red Cross in 1865–1906. She also started a cooking school in Stockholm. Lotten Edholm was also active as a composer and composed piano music for private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha Tammelin
''Bertha'' Carolina Mathilda Tammelin, née ''Bock'' (Stockholm, 21 March 1836 – 2 January 1915) was a Swedish actress, operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and drama teacher.Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare''. Lund: Signum 1990. () Life Bertha Tammelin was born to Karolina Bock and a musician of ''Kungliga Hovkapellet'', C. Bock. She was educated at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy 1853–55 and hired at the Royal Swedish Opera and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre as a premier actress in 1856. She performed both operatic parts and dramatic parts. As an actress, her most noted part was Ingrid in '' Bröllopet på Ulvåsa'' by Frans Hedberg, and as a singer, Puck in ''Oberon''. She was also a musician. She held piano concerts at the age of fourteen. She was also active as a composer. Several of her works was a part of the collection ''Det sjungande Europa'' ('The Singing Europe'). From 1879, she was a music teacher at the Royal Swedish A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Stolpe
Gustav Stolpe ''(né'' Gustav Erik Stolpe; 26 September 1833 – 3 October 1901) was a Swedish-American composer, conductor, and performer. Career Gustav Stolpe was born in Torsåker Parish, Gästrikland, Sweden. He held the degree of Musikdirektör (Music Director) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (now Royal College of Music in Stockholm). Gustav Stolpe is most frequently remembered as the composer of ''When Through the Torn Sail'' which was written with lyricist, Reginald Heber. In 1882 Dr. Stolpe was named to the faculty of Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, where he remained on the faculty for 11 years. In a typical week, he would teach seven organ lessons, six violin lessons, and ten vocal lessons. His work papers are included in the Manuscript Collections in the Thomas Tredway Library at Augustana College. In 1893, he founded Dr. Stolpe's Music Conservatory in Moline, Illinois, and headed it until 1897, when he left to become head of music at Upsala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar De Wahl
Oscar de Wahl (7 August 1832 – 29 April 1873) was a Swedish composer and arranger. Biography De Wahl was born on 7 August 1832 in Skoklosters socken in the Swedish Uppland. Oscar de Wahl's father Johan de Wahl was a clockmaker, organist and schoolteacher in Skokloster and has been pointed out as the role model for the clockmaker who travels to Stockholm in August Strindberg's poem ''Stadsresan''. De Wahl studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and graduated as music director in 1854. Until 1858 he worked in Stockholm as a piano teacher, and then he was engaged as orchestra leader at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm. In the autumn of 1871 he moved to the Minor Theater, and was active there until his death. He has composed music for several cuplés and arranged the music for various plays. He died in Stockholm on 29 April 1873. Personal life Oscar de Wahl married actress Anna Lundström in 1867, and was the father of actor Anders de Wahl Anders de Wahl, (9 March 1869 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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