Natanael Berg
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Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879, Stockholm – 14 October 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish composer.
Berg trained in veterinary medicine and began learning music by teaching himself. He later studied at the Stockholm Conservatory. Until 1939, he served as a veterinarian in the Swedish Army and afterwards became a freelance composer.
His output included five operas, three ballets, five symphonies as well as several symphonic poems, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, a serenade for violin and orchestra, a piano quintet, ballades, lieder, and pieces for piano.
Chronological list of selected works
- Saul och David, 1907
- Eros vrede, 1907
- Traumgewalten, symphonic poem, 1910
- Leila, opera, 1910
- Mannen och kvinnan, 1911
- Predikaren, 1911
- Symphony No. 1 Alles endet was entstehet, 1913
- Varde Ljus, symphonic poem, 1914
- Älvorna, ballet, 1914
- Israels lovsång, 1915
- Symphony No. 2 Årstiderna, 1916
- Symphony No. 3 Makter, 1917
- Piano Quintet, 1917
- Die badenden Kinder, 1918
- Violin Concerto, 1918
- Symphony No. 4 Pezzo Sinfonico, 1918
- Sensitiva, ballet, 1919
- String Quartet, 1919
- Hertiginnans friare, ballet, 1920
- Serenade for Violin and Orchester, 1923
- Symphony No. 5 Trilogia delle passioni, 1924
- Höga Visan, 1925
- Engelbrekt, opera, 1928 (Engelbrecht, Braunschweig, 1933)
- Piano Concerto, 1931
- Judith, opera, 1935
- Birgitta, opera, 1942
- Genoveva, opera, 1944–46
- Tre konungar, Part 1, opera (incomplete), 1950–1954, orchestrated up to 1957
References
- Storm Bull: Index to biographies of contemporary composers. Vol. II. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. 1974.
- Hans-Gunnar Peterson, Stig Jacobsson: Swedish composers of the 20th century. Svensk musik, Stockholm 1988.
- Stanley Sadie: The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. Macmillan, London 1980.
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Categories:
- 1879 births
- 1957 deaths
- 19th-century classical composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- Musicians from Stockholm
- Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni
- Swedish classical composers
- Swedish male classical composers
- Swedish Army personnel
- Swedish veterinarians
- 20th-century Swedish male musicians
- 20th-century Swedish musicians
- 19th-century male musicians
- Swedish military personnel stubs
- Swedish composer stubs