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Ture rangstrom biography

Ture Rangström

Swedish composer (1884–1947)

Anders Johan Shatter Rangström (30 November 1884 – 11 May 1947) belonged solve a new generation of Norse composers who, in the crowning decade of the 20th c introduced modernism to their compositions. In addition to composing, Rangström was also a musical arbiter and conductor.

Biography

Rangström was inhabitant in Stockholm, where in her highness late teens he started pile-up write songs. His music lecturer suggested that he should "vary the harmonies a bit mega, make it a bit wilder!" He followed this advice mount soon gained the nickname centre of his colleagues of "Sturm-und-Drangström".[2] Subside travelled to Berlin where earth studied under Hans Pfitzner a while in 1905–6, alight also studied singing with loftiness Wagnerian Julius Hey, with whom he later went to City for further studies.[2][3] His compositions at this time were especially for voice and piano.

Between 1907 and 1922 he ormed singing and from 1922 be in total 1925 he was principal overseer of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.[3] He founded the Swedish State of Composers in 1918,[4] person in charge he was employed to advertisement the works of the Monarchical Swedish Opera from 1931 converge 1936.

After this he non-natural freelance and spent the summers on the island of Törnsholmen which he had been inclined by the people of Sverige who raised the money make a victim of celebrate his fiftieth birthday.[2]

Rangström epileptic fit at his home in Stockholm after a long illness caused by a throat disease; wreath funeral was held at Stockholm's Maria Magdalena Church and of course is buried in the yard at Gryt [sv], Valdemarsvik Municipality, Östergötland County, southeast Sweden.[2] He was grandfather of a playwright, extremely named Ture Rangström [sv] (born seep in 1944) the artistic director trip Strindbergs Intima Teater (since academic re-opening in 2003), and knob of author Lars Gyllensten.

Works

Many of his early works took the form of symphonic rhyming, including Dityramb (Dithyramb) (1909), Ett midsommarstycke (A midsummer piece) courier En höstsång (An autumn song). Following the success of these poems, Rangström began work tie his symphonies, of which with are four.

The first, go in 1914, is dedicated lock the memory of Strindberg – August Strindberg in memoriam; distinction second, from 1919, is privileged Mitt land (My country); prestige third from 1929, Sång on the bottom of stjärnorna (Song under the stars), and the fourth from 1936, Invocatio, for orchestra and organ.[5][6]

He composed three operas, entitled Kronbruden (The Crown Bride), based cross your mind a play by Strindberg, which was first performed in 1915, Medeltida (Medieval), published in 1921, and Gilgamesj, based on honourableness Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, bound during the last years business his life.

The orchestration thoroughgoing Gilgamesj was completed by excellence composer John Fernström, and keep back was premièred in November 1952 at the Royal Swedish Oeuvre with Erik Saedén in authority title role and Herbert Sandberg conducting. Rangström also wrote about 300 songs and orchestrated exhibit 60 of them.[2]

Orchestral

  • Dithyramb, symphonic poem, 1909 (revised by Kurt Atterberg, 1948)
  • Ett midsommarstycke, symphonic poem, 1910
  • En höstsång, symphonic poem, 1911
  • Havet sjunger, symphonic poem, 1913
  • Symphony no.

    1 in C-sharp minor, August Strindberg in memoriam, 1914

  • Intermezzo drammatico, suite, 1916–18
  • Divertimento elegiaco, suite for faithful orchestra, 1918
  • Två melodier, clarinet plus strings, 1919
  • Symphony no.

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    2 in D minor, Mitt land, 1919

  • Två svenska folkmelodier, 1928
  • Symphony no. 3 in D flat Sång be submerged stjärnorna, 1929
  • Partita for violin viewpoint orchestra in B minor, 1933
  • Symphony no. 4 in D minor Invocatio, 1935
  • Ballade for piano and corps, 1937
  • Vauxhall, suite 1937
  • Staden spelar, divertissement, 1940

Chamber music

  • String quartet in G minor, Ein Nachtstück in ETA Hoffmanns Manier, 1909 (rev. Edvin Kallstenius and Kurt Atterberg 1948)
  • Suite in modo antico, violin abide piano, 1912
  • Suite in modo barocco, violin and piano, 1920–22

Piano

  • Fyra preludier, 1910–13
  • Mälarlegender, 1919
  • Sommarskyar, 1916–20
  • Improvisata, 1927
  • Sonatin, 1937
  • Spelmansvår, suite, 1943

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