Albertina Fredrika "Ika" Peyron,

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. She wrote songs as well as compositions for

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and solo songs. Her collected works consists of about 40 compositions. Ika Peyron was the foster child of the merchant Anton Asp, who wished for her to have a profession and gave her a good education. Asp wished for her to become a medical doctor, but she was early on focused on music. She was educated as a pianist in Stockholm and a student of Louise Engström,

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and Anton Andersen. She attempted to compose but gave up because of the poor attitude toward female composers. In 1865 she married the merchant and politician Ludvig Peyron, and devoted the next decade to raising her sons. In the late 1870s, her sons were no longer small, and the attitude toward female composers had changed. Ika Peyron devoted herself completely to composition from the 1880s, when she tutored as well as directed and performed concerts at the chapels of the theatres and at the Ladies' Society ''

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Works

Peyron's compositions included: *Chamber music (principally string quartets and works for violin and piano) *Piano music *Organ music *Songs *Choral works

References

Albertina Fredrika (Ika) Peyron, född Asp
in '' Svenskt porträttgalleri''
Ika Peyron
presentation at ''Sveriges orkesterförbund''
Biographical article in ''Idun'' 1897
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