Sweden

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SONGWRITER

Hasta Mañana: the origins of the best ABBA ballad

Hasta Mañana, an ABBA ballad released on their 1974 Waterloo album never quite managed to reach the top of international...
ORCHESTRA

Franz Berwald: iconic composer of Scandinavian Romanticism was forced to earn a living as an orthopedist

Franz Berwald was a Swedish composer whose works were not particularly popular during his lifetime but who, decades...
ORCHESTRA

The attractive sounds of Nordic Romanticism of Wilhelm Stenhammar

Swedish pianist Wilhelm Stenhammar was one of the few composers who remained faithful to the ideas of Romanticism in the...
Collaboration

Nordic folk fiddle reshapes polished classical sound in the music of Gjermund Larsen

Gjermund Larsen is a Norwegian musician and composer who dedicated his career to the music of his native land. His work...
Electric Guitar

Swedish Rhapsody variations for electric guitar

The painting Midsummer Eve bonfire on Skagen’s beach is a tribute to the artist colony in Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer...
Violin

Sweet little waltz from a traveling Swedish fiddler

Early Swedish music was primarily characterized by ballads and kulning, songs typically sung by women for the purpose of...
ORCHESTRA

Famous Sibelius piece was commissioned for a plywood mill anniversary

Jean Sibelius originally wrote Andante Festivo for a string quartet which was later made all the more luscious when he...