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Aug-02-2008, 21:16
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Obscure Swedish composers
Alright, i'm wondering how many of you have heard of, or anything by, these composers. Some of them used to be considered influential in certain circles once upon a time, but they're forgotten by almost everyone now and there's hardly any recordings available.
Bengt Hambraeus Sten Broman Arne Mellnäs Jan W. Morthenson Bo Nilsson Sven-Erik Bäck Ingvar Lidholm Rolf Martinsson Lars Sandberg Henrik Strindberg Anders Eliasson Hilding Rosenberg Anders Hillborg Einar Englund    
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Aug-03-2008, 02:30
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Well... I did mention Ingvar Lidholm a little while ago, in this post.
 I have his 3-movement "Music for Strings." If it weren't for BIS, I'm sure I wouldn't even have that much. Unfortunately, the remaining composers on your list are still unknown to me.
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Aug-03-2008, 06:33
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I have a Naxos recording of two Einar Englund symphonies and a piano concerto, so I suppose I have heard of him. I'm afraid I don't remember anything at all about the works, however. This is a sad side effect of having too much music available.
 The others are unknown to me.
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Aug-07-2008, 07:17
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I have a Naxos recording of Symphony no. 2 in G minor op 43 and Excelsior op 13 by Wilhem Stenhammar (1871-1927) sent to me by a Swedish friend a number of years ago. He siad this was a well known Swedish composer. I must say though that I find the music unremarkable.
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Aug-29-2008, 03:05
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Einar Englund is Finnish, not Swedish. He is a Swedish-speaking Finn.
Not mentioned here, (but should be mentioned) is Ture Rangström (1884-1947). He wrote music in an astere (some might severe), late-Romantic style with blocky, solid orchestration and soaring melodies. Sibelius once said that Rangström was "head and shoulders" above any other Swedish composers of his time.
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Aug-29-2008, 04:05
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Quote:
Last edited by orquesta tipica : Aug-29-2008 at 04:12.
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Aug-29-2008, 10:32
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Finland was a part of the Swedish kingdom for about 650 years. Swedish was the language of the aristocracy and Finnish was the language of peasants.
Even though Finland is an independant nation today, the Swedish language remains...it is actually an official language of the country. I believe only about 4-5% of Finns today speak Swedish. Einar Englund was a Finnish national, but his first language was Swedish. Sibelius also fits this profile...his family were Swedish speaking Finns.
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