Per Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie (20 July 1908, in Nacka, Stockholm County – 9 September 1987, in

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, Stockholm County) was a Swedish composer and

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. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday. After studying piano in Stockholm and Vienna, he studied under Alfred Cortot in Paris. He then studied at the

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from 1923–1928. Frumerie later taught the piano at the same college, from 1945 to 1974. His compositions covered a wide area, from grand opera to piano miniatures, but he is best remembered for his piano works. His works possess a Brahmsian complexity mixed with an impressionistic elegance. One can relate his music to such composers as

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. The cello concerto (1984) has an interesting history. It was adapted from his second cello sonata. He then adapted it into a trombone concerto, and was his last completed work. It was specifically written for the Swedish trombone virtuoso Christian Lindberg. His pupils included Laci Boldemann. The Swedish mezzo-soprano

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is related to Frumerie, as she is descended from the Frumerie family. They were both members of the

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Selected compositions

* Duo for oboe and viola (1928) * Piano Trio No.1, Op.7 * Suite, Op.13b * Violin Concerto, Op.19 (1936, rev. 1975-6) * Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.23 * ''Symphonic Variations'', Op.25 (1940–41) * Piano Trio No.2, Op.45 * ''Singoalla'' (1940) * Cello Sonata No.2 (1949) * ''Circulus Quintus'', twenty-four pieces in all keys for piano, Op. 62 (1965) * ''Divertimento'' for clarinet (or viola) and cello, Op.63 (1966) * Piano Sonata No.1, Op. 64 * Piano Sonata No.2, Op. 65 * ''Tio variationer över en svensk folkvisa'' (Ten Variations on a Swedish Folk Song) for viola and guitar, Op.69b (1977) * ''Musica per nove'', Nonet, Op.75 * Dante, Op.76 (1977, for voice and orchestra) * Cello Concerto, Op.81 (1984) * Trombone Concerto, Op.81 (1987; posthumous) * Sonata for trombone and piano, Op.81b (posthumous) * ''Organ Overture, Aria and Fugue'' * St. John's Eve: Ballet in two acts and four pictures (Released 1983) 1908 births 1987 deaths 20th-century classical composers Litteris et Artibus recipients Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni Swedish classical composers Swedish male classical composers Swedish nobility 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians {{Sweden-composer-stub Swedish people of Walloon descent Gunnar De