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Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg
Wilhelm ''Theodor'' Söderberg (6 October 1845 – 1 November 1922) was a Swedish composer and music teacher. Theodor Söderberg was the son of organist Wilhelm Oscar Söderberg. He studied at Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Stockholms musikkonservatorium, qualified as organist in 1867, and as conductor in 1870. He was married to Sigrid Elvira (née Strömberg), and became the father-in-law of the industrialist Fredrik Ljungström. Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg served as music teacher in Stockholm 1871–1873 and as organist in Karlshamn from 1873. He was the piano teacher of Alice Tegnér. Söderberg co-founded Karlshamns musiksällskap in 1876 and was its first dirigent 1876–1911. Hymns *Ack, varför nu gråta, Ack, varför nu sörja? *En morgon utan synd jag vakna får, Nr 494 i Hemlandssånger 1892 *Fröjdas vart sinne *Fort skynden alla *Gud är trofast, o min själ *Jag har i himlen en vän så god *Jag kom till korset och såg en man *Lev för Jesus, intet annat *Låt mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". "Composer" is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who work in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms ' songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
