Dagmar Möller (born Dagmar Henriette Bosse; 19 December 1866 – 13 January 1956), was a Swedish singer (

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

) and vocal

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

. She was the dedicatee of Edvard Grieg's song cycle ''

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'' and took past in many theatrical productions during her musical career.

Life

Möller studied at the

Stockholm Conservatory The Royal College of Music, Stockholm ( sv, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was ma ...

between 1882 and 1887, and was employed at the Royal Theatre from 1887 to 1894. Dagmar Möller studied with

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in Paris and made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1887. She had great success in comic roles in

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and in

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between 1891 and 1893. She was a teacher of singing at the Music Conservatory from 1900 to 1926 and at the

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from 1903 to 1913, as well as in theatrical productions from 1900 to 1913. She was also of great significance for the spreading of Nordic novel songs and sang works by Grieg. He dedicated to her his ''Haugtussa'' songs, published in 1898. She also had songs by

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, and Peterson-Berger in her repertoire. Dagmar Möller was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music as member 507 on 26 March 1903, and was awarded the

Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The ob ...

in 1911. Möller married in 1888 the musician Adolf Teodor Sterky and in 1896 the architect General

Carl Möller Carl Oskar Möller, (20 April 1857 - 4 December 1933), was a Swedish architect and public official, since 1896 married to Dagmar Bosse. His most well-known works include St. John's Church in Stockholm, which opened in 1890. Möller was in his t ...

. She was the sister of

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and

Alma Fahlstrøm Alma Isabella Fahlstrøm (née Bosse; 23 November 1863 – 29 May 1946) was a well known Norwegian stage actress, director and theatre manager. Alma Isabella Bosse was born in Skanderborg, Denmark. She was the daughter of Johan Heinrich Boss ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Dagmar 1866 births 1956 deaths Swedish sopranos Litteris et Artibus recipients