Georg Riedel (jazz musician)
Georg Riedel | |
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 Riedel in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 8 January 1934 Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 25 February 2024 (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz, Classical music, music for children |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Double bass |
Georg Riedel (8 January 1934 – 25 February 2024) was a Czechoslovak-born Swedish double bass player and composer.[1] Riedel migrated to Sweden at the age of four[1] and attended school in Stockholm, including the Adolf Fredrik's Music School.[2]
The best known recording featuring Riedel is probably Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish), a minimalist-jazz compilation of folk songs recorded in 1962–1963, though Riedel recorded with other leading Swedish musicians[1] including trumpeter Jan Allan and Arne Domnérus.
Riedel's profile as a composer derives almost exclusively from writing music for Astrid Lindgren movies, including the main theme from the Emil i Lönneberga ("Emil of Maple Hills") movies.[1] He also composed the music for several films by Arne Mattsson in the 1960s as well as for film adaptions of novels by Stig Dagerman.
Riedel also played on Jazz at the Pawnshop in 1977.
Biography
[edit]Riedel was born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, to a Sudeten German father and a Czech Jewish mother. In 1938, when Riedel was four years old, the family fled to Sweden following the German annexation of the Sudetenland.[3][4]
Riedel died in Stockholm on 25 February 2024, at the age of 90.[5]
Selected film music
[edit]- 491 (1964)
- Morianna (1965)
- Nightmare (1965)
- Woman of Darkness (1966)
- Pippi Longstocking (1969) (with Jan Johansson)
- Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
- Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (1972)
- Emil och griseknoen (1973)
- Världens bästa Karlsson (1974)
- The Children of Noisy Village (1986)
- More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
- Ved Vejen (1988)
- Trust Me (2010)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Georg Riedel". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Anna Kågström (12 June 2013). "Riedel vs Riedel" (in Swedish). Lärarnas Nyheter (Swedish magazine for teachers). Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Georg Riedel blomstrar". 26 June 2013.
- ^ "Georg Riedel: "Jag har tagit vara på turen i mitt liv"". 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Georg Riedel död – blev 90 år gammal". 26 February 2024.
External links
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- Georg Riedel at IMDb
- Georg Riedel at the Swedish Film Database
- Georg Riedel discography at Discogs
- 1934 births
- 2024 deaths
- Litteris et Artibus recipients
- Swedish jazz musicians
- Gemini Records artists
- Radiojazzgruppen members
- Czechoslovak emigrants to Sweden
- Czechoslovak Jews
- Czechoslovak refugees
- Swedish Jews
- Musicians from Karlovy Vary
- Musicians from Stockholm
- Swedish people of Czech-Jewish descent
- Swedish people of German descent
- Swedish film score composers