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Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Karl-Birger Blomdahl was a Swedish composer, conductor, university teacher and pedagogue (1916–1968). He was born at Växjö Parish and died at Kungsängen.

Karl-Birger Blomdahl in brief

Born
1916
Died
1968
Known for
composer,conductor,university teacher,pedagogue
Place of birth
Växjö Parish

Overview

Born at Växjö Parish in 1916, died at Kungsängen in 1968.

Formation and teaching

Karl-Birger Blomdahl studied at Royal Institute of Technology. He trained under Hilding Rosenberg.

As a teacher, Karl-Birger Blomdahl is recorded in connection with Stig Gustav Schönberg, Allan Pettersson and Knut Wiggen. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Sawdust and Tinsel. Aniara, dated 1957. Theseus (Teseus). En dramatisk dikt. Trojanskorna. Agamemnons hemkomst. Mordet på Kiron. Symfoni nr 2 (1947). Sisyphos. Forma ferritonans.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Blomdahl, Karl-Birger, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002. Karl-Birger Blomdahl et Ingvar Lidholm : enjeux mélodiques, tonals et organiques des années 1940. IN MEMORIAM: Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Teo Otto, Ernst Randak, Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, 1968. KARL-BIRGER BLOMDAHL: A PORTRAIT, The Musical Quarterly, 1972.

In detail

Karl-Birger Blomdahl studied at Royal Institute of Technology. training under Hilding Rosenberg is recorded. Stig Gustav Schönberg, Allan Pettersson and Knut Wiggen are recorded as having studied under Karl-Birger Blomdahl.

The field of work recorded is film score. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and symphony.

Employment is recorded with Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Works named in the authority record are Aniara.

Distinctions recorded are Nordic Council Music Prize and Christ Johnson Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1916Karl-Birger Blomdahl born at Växjö Parish.
  2. 1957Aniara.
  3. 1968Karl-Birger Blomdahl died at Kungsängen.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Karl-Birger Blomdahl”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1208405: Karl-Birger Blomdahl

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