Isak Albert Berg (22 September 1803, Stockholm - 1 December 1886), was a Swedish opera

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, composer and singing pedagogue. He was a ''

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'' and a member of the

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(1831). Isak Albert Berg graduated from

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in 1824. He was a student of

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in Copenhagen, and toured Germany and Italy in the 1820s. He was the song master of the

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in 1831-1850 and in 1861-1870. Berg was one of the most famed music pedagogues in contemporary Sweden and the teacher of many later famed artists. Among his students were

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, Oscar Arnoldson,

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and

Mathilda Gelhaar ''Mathilda'' Fredrika Gelhaar (née Ficker; 3 September 1814 in Stockholm – 24 April 1889) was a Swedish opera singer. She was also appointed official singer of the royal court. Mathilda Gelhaar was the daughter of Christian Fredrik Ficker, ...

. He also instructed

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and

Oscar II of Sweden Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...

References

* Sohlmans musiklexikon: nordiskt och allmänt uppslagsverk för tonkonst, musikliv och dans. Stockholm: Sohlman. 1948-1952. Sid. 438-439. Libris 8198860 * Svensk uppslagsbok. Malmö 1939. {{DEFAULTSORT:Berg, Isak Albert 1803 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Swedish opera singers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Swedish classical composers