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Erik Bergman

Illustration — Finnish composer Erik Bergman in 1967. • Illustration — Erik Bergman and his third wife, the writer Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996) Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911 – 24 April 2006) was a composer of classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from being performed) to modernism and primitivism, among other genres. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1994 for his opera Det sjungande trädet.

Erik Bergman

Photograph of the Finnish composer Erik Bergman (1911–2006) and his wife, the author Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996).

Anonymous Unknown author · Suomen musiikin historia 4, p. 85. (WSOY, Helsinki 1995.) · Public domain

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Illustration — Finnish composer Erik Bergman in 1967. • Illustration — Erik Bergman and his third wife, the writer Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996) Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911 – 24 April 2006) was a composer of classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from being performed) to modernism and primitivism, among other genres. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1994 for his opera Det sjungande trädet.

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