The History of Modern Swedish Music: An Introduction to Nineteen Composers - Hardcover

Quist, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773412905 ISBN 13: 9780773412903

Verlag: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd, 2010

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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.

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Robert Quist received his PhD in Humanities from Florida State University. He is currently Visiting Professor of Humanities at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

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• Verlag: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0773412905
• ISBN 13: 9780773412903
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 428
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