Andreas Hallén

Johan Andreas Hallén ( born December 22, 1846 in Gothenburg, † March 11, 1925 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer, conductor, music educator and professor.

Life

Hallén received most of his musical education in Germany, including the Conservatory at Leipzig and at private briefings by Joseph Rheinberger. In addition to his artistic work Hallén in Sweden has become famous mainly for his organizational work. So he made sure that the music association Göteborgs revived and the Philharmonic Society of Stockholm was newly established. There he worked as a conductor 1885-1895 and led the St. Matthew Passion by Bach first time in Sweden. In addition, he founded in 1902 the Philharmonic Society of South Sweden in Malmö. He also worked as a music critic, was conductor at the Royal Opera in Stockholm and issued 1909-1919 teachings at the Music Conservatory in Stockholm.

Stylistically, he leaned on to Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. These influences combined Hallén with Nordic folk tunes and created a style of music that was more and more imitators in Sweden. His compositions are usually regarded as technically able to, with the assets to write effective choral singing and orchestral works, but without personal character.

Today the standard repertoire include Hallens orchestrations of Brahms' Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4 and 7 of 1894.

Opus

Operas ( selection)

Oratorios and masses (selection)

• Ett juloratorium (1904 )
• Missa Solemnis ( 1921)

Symphonic Works (selection)

• Isle of the Dead (1898 )
• Music of the Spheres (1905 )

• Composer ( romance )
• Swedish composer
• Conductor
• Born in 1846
• Died in 1925
• Man