Åke Hermanson

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Åke Hermanson made his debut as a composer in 1951, comparably late. He was 28. He was born on the Swedish West Coast, on the island of Orust. This is a rugged, wind-torn coast, open to the western winds and the storms from the North Sea, and the weather fronts parading in from the British Isles, in curtains of rain. [...] He met his wife-to-be early. Already at the age of 16 he used to attend concerts with her in Gothenburg, especially impressed by Beethoven and Sibelius, but he also acquainted himself with contemporary music, personified through Lars-Erik Larsson, Gösta Nystroem and, more than the others, Hilding Rosenberg. As the 2nd World War drew to a close in 1945, Åke Hermanson initiated his formal musical studies. He was 22. He began piano and organ studies, eventually, in 1947, studying organ with the renowned organist Alf Linder, and musical theory with the well-known Henry Lindroth. In 1950 he began studying with Hilding Rosenberg. His compositional debut came in 1951, with Prelude & Fugue for organ, which was premiered in 1952 by none other than Bengt Hambraeus. The version included in this Caprice issue was recorded in 1996 by Erik Boström. http://www.sonoloco.com/rev/caprice/22056/alarme.html User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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