Georg Riedel (born 8 January 1934) is a

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player and composer. Riedel migrated to Sweden at the age of four and attended school in Stockholm, including the

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. The best known recording featuring Riedel is probably Jan Johansson's '' Jazz på svenska'' ("Jazz in Swedish"), a minimalist-jazz compilation of folk songs recorded in 1962–1963, though Riedel has recorded with other leading Swedish musicians including trumpeter

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and Arne Domnérus. Riedel's profile as a composer derives almost exclusively from writing music for Astrid Lindgren movies, including the main theme from the '' Emil i Lönneberga'' ("Emil of Maple Hills") movies. He also composed the music for several films by

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in the 1960s as well as for film adaptions of novels by Stig Dagerman. Riedel also played on ''

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'' in 1977.

Early life

Riedel was born in Karlovy Vary,

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, to a Sudeten German father and a

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mother. In 1938, when Riedel was four years old, the family fled to Sweden following the German annexation of the Sudetenland.

Selected film music

* '' 491'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' Nightmare'' (1965) * ''

Woman of Darkness ''Woman of Darkness'' or ''The Yngsjö Murder'' (Swedish: ''Yngsjömordet'') is a 1966 Swedish historical crime film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Gunnel Lindblom, Christina Schollin and Gösta Ekman. It was shot at the Råsunda Studio ...

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1969) (with Jan Johansson) * '' Emil i Lönneberga'' (1971) * '' Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga'' (1972) * '' Emil och griseknoen'' (1973) * '' Karlsson on the Roof'' (1974) * '' The Children of Noisy Village'' (1986) * '' More About the Children of Noisy Village'' (1987) * '' Ved vejen'' (1988) * '' Trust Me'' (2010)

References

External links

*
Georg Riedel
at the Swedish Film Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedel, Georg 1934 births Living people Litteris et Artibus recipients Swedish jazz musicians Gemini Records artists Radiojazzgruppen members Czechoslovak emigrants to Sweden Czechoslovak Jews Czechoslovak refugees Swedish Jews Musicians from Karlovy Vary Musicians from Stockholm Swedish people of Czech-Jewish descent Swedish people of German descent