Ludvig Norman (28 August 183128 March 1885) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, conductor,

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

, and music teacher. Together with Franz Berwald and

Adolf Fredrik Lindblad Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1 February 1801, Skänninge – 23 August 1878, Linköping) was a Swedish composer from the Romantic era. He is mostly known for his compositions of Swedish song or ''lieder'', of which he produced over 200. His other well ...

, he ranks among the most important Swedish symphonists of the 19th century. Norman was born Fredrik Vilhelm Ludvig Norman in

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. Norman began his musical training with Lindblad and later studied at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1848 to 1852, where he also made the acquaintance of

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. Starting in 1857, he taught at the Royal Music Academy of Stockholm. In 1860, he became the conductor of the Nya harmoniska sällskapet and obtained the post of Kapellmeister at the

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the following year. After 1881, he conducted the choral concerts of the Musikvorenigen. He was married to the noted violinist

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in 1864. Their son Ludwig Norman Neruda was a famous alpinist. As conductor, he is remembered for premiering Franz Berwald's fourth symphony on 9 April 1878. Norman composed in a wide variety of genres, including four symphonies, four

overture Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...

s, four sets of

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for plays,

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

s, and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

, as well as a great number of ''

lied In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German, but among English and French s ...

er'' and songs for

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

. He was the dedicatee of Woldemar Bargiel's octet for strings. His pupils included

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. Ludvig Norman died in 1885 also in Stockholm.

Selected works

Orchestra *Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 22 (1857) *Symphony No. 2 in E Major, Op. 40 (1871) *Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58 (1881) *Concert Overture in E Major, Op. 21 (1856) *Funeral March, 'To the Memory of August Söderman', Op. 46 (1876) *Overture to Shakespeare's ''

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'', Op. 57 (1881) *Festive Overture in C Major, Op. 60 (1882) *Concertstück for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 (rev.1880) Chamber music *Piano Trio No. 1 in D, Op. 4 (1849, pub. 1853)Hofmeisters Monatsbericht *Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 38 *"5 Tonbilder im Zusammenhange" for violin and piano, Op.6 (1851, publ 1854) *Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 3 (1848, pub. 1852) *Piano Quartet in E Minor, Op. 10 *String Sextet in A major, Op. 18 *Sextet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 29 *Sonata in G Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 32 *String Octet in C Major, Op. 30 *Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 28 *String Quartet No. 1 in E Major (1848) *String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 20 (1855)(published 1882) *String Quartet No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 24 (1858) *String Quartet No. 5(?) in C Major, Op. 41/42 (begun 1871, finished 1883) *String Quartet No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 65 (1884, pub. 1887) *String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 35

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