Oscar de Wahl (7 August 1832 – 29 April 1873) was a Swedish composer and arranger.

Biography

De Wahl was born on 7 August 1832 in Skoklosters socken in the Swedish

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. Oscar de Wahl's father Johan de Wahl was a clockmaker, organist and schoolteacher in Skokloster and has been pointed out as the role model for the clockmaker who travels to Stockholm in

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's poem ''Stadsresan''. De Wahl studied at the

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and graduated as music director in 1854. Until 1858 he worked in Stockholm as a piano teacher, and then he was engaged as orchestra leader at the

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. In the autumn of 1871 he moved to the Minor Theater, and was active there until his death. He has composed music for several cuplés and arranged the music for various plays. He died in Stockholm on 29 April 1873.

Personal life

Oscar de Wahl married actress

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in 1867, and was the father of actor

Anders de Wahl Anders de Wahl, (9 March 1869 – 9 March 1956) was a Swedish actor. Biography He was the son of the music director Oscar de Wahl (1832–1873) and opera singer Anna Lundström de Wahl (1844–1889). de Wahl was a student at the Royal Dramati ...

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahl, Oscar 19th-century Swedish male actors 1832 births 1873 deaths Swedish composers Male actors from Stockholm People from Uppland Swedish people of Belgian descent