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Berwald, Franz Adolf

Born July 23, 1796, in Stockholm; died there Apr. 3, 1868. Swedish composer, violinist, and conductor. First Swedish composer of symphonies. Student of J. B. E. Du Puy.

From 1811 to 1828, Berwald was violinist and conductor of the court orchestra in Stockholm. From 1849 he was musical director at the university, from 1864, a member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, and from 1867, professor of composition at the Stockholm Conservatory. He toured as a violinist in many European countries and in 1819, in Russia. He composed operas, including Estrella de Soria (first performance in 1862), cantatas, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and other works.

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Layton, R. Berwald. Stockholm, 1956.

References in periodicals archive

In part two Peter Taylor played a selection by the Swedish Romantic composer Franz Berwald, (1796-1868 ).

Voice of the People

Our wide-ranging conversation continues, covering neglected Scandinavian composers, my beloved Franz Berwald among them, and Jarvi's enthusiasm for the music of Joachim Raff, disciple of Liszt, and born in Switzerland, and the subject of ongoing annual recordings with Neeme Jarvi's "new" orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, based here in Geneva.

Our forefathers were electric conductors; MUSIC The Baltic region has become a hotbed for talented conductors. Christopher Morley talks to Estonian maestro Neeme Jarvi about why it has produced so much musical mastery

Tzigane also studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under the renowned Jorma Panula, where he was awarded the Franz Berwald Memorial Scholarship.

Lightning bolt from a baton; Conductor inspired by earlier master

Sweden is represented by the third symphony of Franz Berwald, a contemporary of Mendelssohn whose music reflects the pastoral beauty and light of his native country.

WALES: Symphonic specials

There is also his inclination to surprise us with unexpected melodic turns or offbeat harmonic progressions, somewhat reminiscent of the talented and imaginative Swedish composer Franz Berwald. His delightful Brautlieder is his best known work, save for his opera, The Barber of Baghdad.

Songs for Bertha and Brenda: Two Song Cycles for Soprano

Gade (1817-1890) and the Swedish composer Franz Berwald (1796-1868), providing a brief biography of each composer and a summary of how, through somewhat complicated, politically-motivated reception histories, both men came to be regarded by modern audiences as nationalist composers.

(my trans.; original Swedish in Franz Berwald: Die Dokumente seines Lebens, ed.

Franz Berwald & Niels W. Gade

The music of the Swedish composer, Franz Berwald, written only decades from the years in which Mozart was composing his symphonies, is light years away in its romantic exuberance.

The world of compact discs

From Naxos at budget price we have a fine collection of piano music by the Spanish Jesus Guridi played by Victoria Aja and a collection of Tone Poems by that19th century Swedish dark horse, Franz Berwald, which will be enjoyed by lovers of Schumann.

Classical

Franz Berwald. Choralbuch (unvollendet): Vorschlag zur Revision von J.

Franz Berwald

Hungarian pianist Jeno Jando has embarked on the complete piano music of his compatriot Bela Bartok, and Swedish music is represented by the second volume of piano trios by Franz Berwald.

Time to try some new music?; CLASSICAL

Other readers will search in vain for their own favorites, from Franz Berwald to Carl Nielsen, but no one who really matters has been omitted.

The Nineteenth-Century Symphony

Franz Adolf Berwald

Berwald, Franz Adolf

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