Kurt Atterberg

Kurt Magnus Atterberg ( born December 12, 1887 in Gothenburg, † February 15, 1974 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer, conductor and music critic.

  • 2.2.1 symphonies
  • 2.2.2 Orchestral Suites
  • 2.2.3 concerts
  • 2.2.4 Other orchestral works
  • 2.4.1 vocal works

Life

Kurt Atterberg took in his hometown of cello lessons, but then was trained as an engineer at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm and worked from 1912 to 1968 at the Royal Patent Office, since 1936 in a managerial position. Despite a short composition studies in 1910/11 at the Stockholm Conservatory with Andreas Hallén and some studies in Germany Atterberg was musically largely self-taught. 1916 to 1922 he was conductor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and from 1924 to 1947 President of the Association of Swedish composers; He also wrote 1919-1957 music reviews for the newspaper Stockholms - Tidningen. In 1915 he married the pianist Ella Peterson, but from whom he divorced already eight years later ( 1923). In 1922, with the performance of his 3rd and 4th Symphony him the breakthrough in Germany.

Together with Ture Rangström Atterberg was the leading composers of the second generation of Swedish late romantics and so with this together as it continuer of justified by Wilhelm Peterson -Berger, Wilhelm Stenhammar and Hugo Alfvén tradition. During his five operas fell into oblivion, are again more likely to hear his nine symphonies. Particular achieved fame in his Sixth Symphony, with which he won the International Schubert Competition 1928, the record company Columbia for the 100th anniversary of the death of Franz Schubert and since then the title of "Dollar Symphony" bears ( the units awarded premium amounted to U.S. $ 10,000 ).

Works

Stage Works

Operas

  • Härvard the Harper op.12 ( 1916-18; 1952 revised to Härvards Homecoming)
  • Wogenroß op.24 ( 1923-24 )
  • Beacon op.35 ( 1929-32 )
  • Aladdin op.43 ( 1936-41 )
  • The Storm op.49 ( 1946-47 )

Ballets

  • Per swineherd op.9 ( 1914-15 )
  • Ballet Sketches (1919)
  • The foolish virgins op.17 (1920 )

Incidental music

  • Jephthah (1913 )
  • Mats and Petter (1915 )
  • Sister Beatrice ( 1917)
  • Perseus och vidundret op.13 (1918 )
  • Turandot (1920 )
  • The Storm op.18 ( 1921)
  • The three aunts (1923 )
  • The Winter's Tale (1923 )
  • Hassan (1925 )
  • Antony and Cleopatra (1926 )

Orchestral works

Symphonies

  • No. 1 in B minor, Op 3 ( 1909-11 )
  • No. 2 in F major, Op 6 ( 1911-13 )
  • No. 3 in D major, Op 10 " Västkustbilder ( images of the west coast) " ( 1914-16 )
  • No. 4 in G minor, Op 14 " Sinfonia piccola " (1918 )
  • No. 5 in D minor, Op 20 " Sinfonia funebre " ( 1919-22 )
  • No. 6 in C major, Op 31 "Dollar Symphony" ( 1927-28 )
  • No. 7 in A minor, Op 45 " Sinfonia romantica " ( 1942-43 )
  • No. 8 in E minor, Op 48 (1944 )
  • No. 9 in B minor, Op 54 " Sinfonia Visionaria " for solo voices, chorus and orchestra ( 1955-56 )

Orchestral Suites

  • Orchestral Suite No. 1 " Oriental Suite" (1913 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2 ( 1915)
  • Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op 19.1 (1917 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op 19.2 " Turandot " (1920 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 5, Op 23 " Suite barocco " (1923 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 6, Op 30 " Oriental Legend " (1925 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 7, Op 29 (1926 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 8, Op 34 " Pastoral Suite in modo antico " (1931 )
  • Orchestral Suite No. 9, Op 47 " drammatica Suite " (1944 )

Concerts

  • Rhapsody Op 1 for Piano and Orchestra ( 1909)
  • Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 7 (1913 )
  • Cello Concerto in C minor, Op 21 (1922 )
  • Horn Concerto in A minor, Op 28 (1926 )
  • Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op 37 (1935 )
  • Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Strings, Op 57 ( 1959-60 )

Other orchestral works

  • Concert Overture in A minor, Op 4 (1910 )
  • Rondeau rétrospectif op 26 (1925 )
  • The river. Symphonic Poem, Op 33 (1929 )
  • Värmland Rhapsody, Op 36 (1933 )
  • Ballade and Passacaglia, Op 38 (1935 )
  • Concert Overture, Op 41 (1940 )
  • Rondeau caractéristique op 42 (1940 )
  • Aladdin. Overture, Op 44 (1941 )
  • Indian Melodies Op 51 (1950 )
  • Swedish Summer Festival (1957 )
  • Ballad without words, Op 56 (1958 )
  • Vittorioso op.58 (1962 )

Works for wind

  • De fåvitska jungfrurna Rhapsody Arr. Gösta Morberg
  • Marica trionfale della bella Lucia

Chamber Music

  • String Quartets No.1 in D major, Op 2 (1909 )
  • No.2 op.11 (1918 )
  • No.3 in D major, Op 39 (1937 )

Vocal works

  • Requiem Opus 8 for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1914 )
  • Järnbäraland Opus 16 for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1919)
  • The song op 25 for Voices ( choir ad lib.) And Orchestra ( 1925)
  • The land of song op 32 for Voices ( choir ad. Lib.) And Orchestra ( 1928)
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