The history of modern Swedish music : an introduction to nineteen composers

Examines Swedish art music during modern times. This work includes an examination of late-romantic composers and styles, the modernist devotion to international styles and its influence on neoclassical composers who blended the modern avant garde with traditional styles and genres. The work examines Swedish art music during modern times, moving from general information regarding trends and a study of major works to more detailed points of analysis The first part observes late-romantic composers and styles. Chapter One concerns Wilhelm Stenhammar and his devotion to classicism that helped establish a modern current. The nationalist composers, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Hugo Alfven, Kurt Atterberg, and Ture Rangstrom are discussed in Chapter Two. Chapter Three covers late-romantic composers Elfrida Andree and Otto Olsson. Part II contains chapters on early modern and mid-century neoclassical composers Hilding Rosenberg, Gosta Nystroem, Dag Wiren and Lars-Erick Larsson. In Part III, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sven-Erik Back, and Ingvar Lidholm. The final part includes chapters devoted to late-modern composers Allan Pettersson, Torsten Nilsson, and Bengt Hambraeus, and postmodern works of Lars Johan Werle and Daniel Bortz. The Late-romantic Tradition. Stenhammar's Classical Countercurrent ; The Late-romantic National Tradition ; Andree, Olsson, And Late-romantic Sacred Music -- Early Modernism. Rosenberg : The Father Of Swedish Modernism ; Nystroem : A Modern Voyager ; Larsson, Wiren, And Neoclassicism -- The Monday Group. Blomdahl And High Modernism ; Back : A Modern Visionary ; Lidholm : The Monday Group's Pluralist -- Late Modernism. Pettersson : A Symphonic Expressionist ; Nilsson, Hambraeus, And The Sacred Avant Garde ; Conventional Progress : Werle, Bortz, And Postmodernism. Robert Quist ; With A Preface By Bertil Van Boer. Includes Discography (p. 383-388), Bibliographical References (p. 389-392), And Index. This work examines Swedish art music during modern times. It includes an examination of lateromantic composers and styles, the modernist devotion to international styles and its influence on neoclassical composers, and who blended the modern avant garde with traditional styles and genres. This book contains fourteen black and white photographs.