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New page: Hugo Alfven (1872-1960), Swedish composer and composer, studied at the Stockholm Conservatory before becoming choirmaster and musical director at Uppsala University, posts he h...
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960), [[Swedish]] composer and composer, studied at the [[Stockholm]] Conservatory before becoming choirmaster and musical director at [[Uppsala]] University, posts he held for nearly 40 years.
He wrote music that is mostly evocative of the Swedish countryside, and life. As a painter he saw things with a painter’s eye and his music is “coloured” accordingly”. There a five symphonies, some sonatas and piano music, and songs and choral music mostly on Swedish themes. He is widely known for the first of three “Swedish Rhapsodies” – “Midsummer vigil”.
See also:
*Edvard Grieg
*Niels Gade
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT; Alfven Hugo}}
He wrote music that is mostly evocative of the Swedish countryside, and life. As a painter he saw things with a painter’s eye and his music is “coloured” accordingly”. There a five symphonies, some sonatas and piano music, and songs and choral music mostly on Swedish themes. He is widely known for the first of three “Swedish Rhapsodies” – “Midsummer vigil”.
See also:
*Edvard Grieg
*Niels Gade
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT; Alfven Hugo}}