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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] |
Osar De Wahl
An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an ''asar'', ''osar'', or ''serpent kame'', is a long, winding ridge of stratum, stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glacier, glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of their uniform shape, look like railway Embankment (transportation), embankments. Etymology The term ''esker'' is derived from the Irish language, Irish word ''eiscir'' (Old Irish: ''escir''), which means "ridge or elevation, especially one separating two plains or depressed surfaces". The Irish word was and is used particularly to describe long sinuous ridges, which are now known to be deposits of fluvio-glacial material. The best-known example of such an ''eiscir'' is the ''Esker Riada, Eiscir Riada'', which runs nearly the whole width of Ireland from Dublin to Galway, a distance of , and is still closely followed by the main Dublin-Galway road The synon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
