Wilhelm Stenhammar
Born: February 7, 1871; Stockholm, Sweden
Died: November 20, 1927; Stockholm, Sweden
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Stenhammar was a Swedish pianist and self-taught composer and conductor. His compositions began as typically late Romantic fare but evolved through three periods. In the first, his primary influences were Liszt, Brahms, and Wagner, but the music is imbued with a Nordic sound without specifically quoting Swedish folk song. His early operas Gildet på Solhaug (1892-1893) and Tirfing (1897-1898), although unsuccessful, were the pinnacles of this
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A Dream Play: Suite (1)
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A people: Sweden (1)
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Adagio, for voice & piano (1)
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Allegro brillante for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in E flat major (1)
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Allegro con moto ed appassionato (1)
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Allegro ma non tanto for Piano, Violin and Cello in A major (1)
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As You Like It: Suite (1)
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Chitra, Op. 43: Concert Suite (2)
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Choral Ballads (3) (1)
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Choral Songs (3) (3)
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (1)
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Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 1 (6)
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Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (6)
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Dottern sade (1)
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En Positivvisa, for voice & piano (1)
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Ett folk, for voice & orchestra Op. 22 (1)
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Ett folk, for voice & orchestra Op. 22: No 2, Sverige (Sweden) (2)
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Excelsior!, Op. 13 (5)
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Fantasie in A minor (1)
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Fantasies (3) for Piano, Op. 11 (4)
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Fantasies (3) for piano, Op. 11: No 1 (1)
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Fantasies (3) for Piano, Op. 11: no 1 in B minor (2)
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Fantasies (3) for Piano, Op. 11: no 2, Dolce scherzando (1)
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Fantasies (3) for Piano, Op. 11: no 3, Molto espressivo (1)
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Flickan knyter i Johannenatten (1)
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Flickan Knyter I Johannenatten for voice & piano (1)
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Flickan kom ifrån sin älskings möte, for voice & piano (1)
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Florez and Blanzeflor, Op. 3 (8)
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Florez och Blanzeflor for voice & orchestra, Op. 3 (4)
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Fylgia for voice & piano (1)
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I En Skogsbacke (1)
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I Seraillets Have, for chorus (from Tre körvisor) (4)
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I skogen (2)
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I Skogen for voice & piano (1)
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Impromptu for Piano (2)
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Impromptu for Piano in G flat major (1)
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Impromptu-Waltz (1)
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Intermezzo for Piano (1)
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Ithaca for baritone & orchestra, Op. 21 (1)
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Ithaka, Op. 21 (2)
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Junge Liebe, einige Lieder aus Heinrich Heines "Buch der Lieder", for voice & piano (2)
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Jungfru Blond Och Jungfru Brunett (Miss Blonde and Miss Brunnette), song for voice & piano, Op. 26/4 (1)
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Kväll I Klara (1)
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Late Harvest: Be blessed, tender-heartedness (1)
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Late Harvest: Comfort (1)
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Late Harvest: Human eyes (1)
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Late Harvest: The bell (1)
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Late Harvest: The heart (1)
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Late Summer Nights, Op. 33 (5)
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Late Summer Nights, Op. 33: no 5, Poco allegretto (1)
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Lodolezzi sjunger, Op. 39 (2)
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Lodolezzi sjunger, suite from the incidental music, Op. 39 (1)
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Lycklandsresan for voice & piano (1)
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Mellan Broarna (1)
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Melodi (1)
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Melodi for voice & piano (1)
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Midwinter for chorus & orchestra, Op. 24 ("Swedish Rhapsody") (1)
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Midwinter, Op. 24 (2)
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Månsken (1)
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Månsken for voice & piano (1)
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One Folk, Op. 22: no 2, Sverige (5)
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 1 (1)
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (2)
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23: Adagio (1)
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Poems (4), Op. 37: no 1, Jutta comes to the Volkungs (1)
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Poems (4), Op. 37: no 2, In the maple's shade (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 1, Within my soul (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 2, In loneliness my years pass by (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 3, My ancestor had a large goblet (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 4, Come friends, let us sit down (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 5, In Rome, when I was young (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 6, You seek fame (1)
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Poems (7) from "Thoughts of Solitude", Op. 7: no 7, You loved me (1)
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Prelude and Bourree (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in C major, Op. 2 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 14 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 18 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 4 in A minor, Op. 25 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 5 in C major, Op. 29 "Serenade" (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 6 in D minor, Op. 35 (1)
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Reverenza (1)
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Romeo and Juliet: Suite (1)
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Sangen, Op. 44: Interlude (7)
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Sentimental Romances (2) for violin & orchestra, Op. 28 (2)
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Sentimental Romances (2) for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 (6)
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September, for chorus (from Tre körvisor) (3)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31 (8)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31: 1st movement, Overture (1)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31: 2nd movement, Canzonetta (1)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31: 3rd movement, Scherzo (1)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31: 4th movement, Notturno (1)
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Serenade for Orchestra in F major, Op. 31: 5th movement, Finale (1)
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Serenade for orchestra in F major, Op. 31: Finale (1)
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Serenade in F, Op. 31 (1)
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Small Pieces (3) for Piano (2)
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Snöfrid, Op. 5 (2)
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Sonata for Piano in A flat major, Op. 12 (2)
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Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 2 in C minor (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 3 in A flat major (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 4 in G minor (2)
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Sonata for Piano no 4 in G minor: 1st movement, Allegro vivace (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 4 in G minor: 2nd movement, Andante quasi adagio (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 4 in G minor: 3rd movement, Scherzo (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 4 in G minor: 4th movement, Rondo (1)
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Sonata for violin & piano in A minor, Op. 19: Allegro (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 19 (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, for voice & piano, Op. 20: No.2, Vid fönstret (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, for voice & piano, Op. 20: No.4, Månsken (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, Op. 20: no 1, Stareye (3)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, Op. 20: no 2, At the window (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, Op. 20: no 3, Ancient Dutchman (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, Op. 20: no 4, Moonlight (1)
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Songs (5) of Bo Bergman, Op. 20: no 5, Adagio (4)
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Songs (5) to texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Op. 8: no 1, Leaning on the fence (1)
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Songs (5) to texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Op. 8: no 2, The daughter said to her old mother (1)
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Songs (5) to texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Op. 8: no 3, Early sorrow (1)
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Songs (5) to texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Op. 8: no 4, To a rose (1)
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Songs (5) to texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Op. 8: no 5, Delights (1)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 1, The wanderer (2)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 10, Aladdin of the lamp (4)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 2, Butterfly orchid (1)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 3, The star (1)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 4, Miss blonde and miss brunette (3)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 5, A ship sails (2)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 6, When the shadow of the casement falls in the room (1)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 7, Why hurry so to rest (1)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 8, To the land of bliss (2)
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Songs and Moods, Op. 26: no 9, Coastal song (2)
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Songs and Moods: Prince Aladdin of the Lamp (1)
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Songs and Moods: The Star (1)
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Songs and Moods: The Wanderer (1)
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String Quartet No 5 in C major: Ballata: Allegro Scherzando (1)
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Sverige, for voice & piano, Op. 22/2 (2)
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Swedish Songs (4), Op. 16: no 1, Let us die young (1)
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Swedish Songs (4), Op. 16: no 2, Gold and forests green (1)
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Swedish Songs (4), Op. 16: no 3, Ingalill (1)
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Swedish Songs (4), Op. 16: no 4, Fylgia (2)
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Symphony no 1 in F major (3)
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Symphony no 2 in G minor, Op. 34 (5)
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Symphony no 2 in G minor, Op. 34: Allegro energico (1)
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Symphony no 3 [fragment] (1)
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Symphony No. 1 in F (1)
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Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34 (1)
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Sången (The Song), cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 44 (1)
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Sången (The Song), cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 44: Interlude (1)
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The Song, cantata, Op. 44: Interlude: Molto adagio, solenne' (1)
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The Song: Interlude (1)
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Till en Ros, for voice & piano (1)
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Tirfing, Op 15: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Ur Idyll och epigram av J. L. Runeberg, Op 4b: no 1, Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (4)
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Ur Idyll och epigram av J. L. Runeberg, Op 4b: no 2, Flickan knyter i Johannenatten (3)
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Visor och Stämningar (Songs and Moods), for voice & piano, Op. 26: No.4, Jungfru Blond och jungfru B (1)
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Voyage to a happy country (1)
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Biography |
by Steven Coburn
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Stenhammar was a Swedish pianist and self-taught composer and conductor. His compositions began as typically late Romantic fare but evolved through three periods. In the first, his primary influences were Liszt, Brahms, and Wagner, but the music is imbued with a Nordic sound without specifically quoting Swedish folk song. His early operas Gildet på Solhaug (1892-1893) and Tirfing (1897-1898), although unsuccessful, were the pinnacles of this period. Stenhammar's second period began as he attempted to create a more concentrated and motivically oriented style, modeled on the great classicists Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart. In spite of this, the music of this period loses none of its Nordic color. His brilliant cantata Ett folk (1904-1905) and the frequently played Second Piano Concerto are the most representative. Beginning in 1909, perhaps feeling his lack of training was detrimental to further development, Stenhammar engaged upon a nine-year course in strict counterpoint. The fruit of this study resulted in his last period, where the music becomes more contrapuntally and modally oriented, particularly in the last two of his six string quartets. Yet at the same time, his larger works, such as the orchestral Serenade and the Second Symphony, lose nothing of the earlier freshness and inspiration that make Stenhammar's music so attractive.
Stenhammar's early years were spent surrounded by culture, although he never undertook formal training except in piano. By 1900, he had established himself as a pianist, eventually giving over 1,000 concerts all over Sweden. He had also debuted as a conductor in 1897 with his own overture Excelsior!, and eventually went on to direct the Stockholm Philharmonic Society, the Royal Opera, the New Philharmonic Society, and the Göttesborgs Orkesterförening. Stenhammar eventually became one of the most important Scandinavian musicians of his era, and his compositions, including many songs, choral works, chamber and solo pieces, and theater and orchestral works represent the best music out of turn-of-the-century Sweden. |
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