Bo Nilsson

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Bo Nilsson (1 May 1937 – 26 June 2018) was a Swedish composer and lyricist. Bo Nilsson was born in Skellefteå, and first drew notice as a composer at the age of 18 when his Zwei Stücke (Two Pieces) for flute, bass clarinet, percussion, and piano were performed in a 1956 West German Radio (WDR) “Musik der Zeit” concert in Cologne. He had taught himself composition by listening to the radio, having previously had only basic training from a local music teacher and some experience as a jazz pianist. Though his early style owes much to Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, it also displays a number of personal features: the use of bright percussion sounds behind finely wrought vocal or flute (usually alto flute) lines, a “nervous” fluttering of tonal nuances, and a feeling for miniature, calculated forms (Åstrand 2001). Because he has chosen to live in the small town of Malmberget, he received the journalistic epitethet "the genius from Malmberget". By 1957 Nilsson remained largely unknown in his own country, but had attracted considerable attention in Germany with a succession of small chamber-music compositions characterised by their refined and unusual instrumentation. The best-known of these is Frequensen (German: Frequenzen, 1957) for piccolo, flute, vibraphone, xylophone, electric guitar, double bass, and percussion (Wallner 1965, 124). Electronic music[edit] In the late 1950s Nilsson composed a twelve-page score for his first electronic work, Audiogramme, with only radi

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Arctic Air - Unknown Works by Bo Nilsson

Ravaillac

Nilsson, B: Arctic Air / Deja Vu / 2 Stucke / Frequenzen / Zeitpunkte / Doppelspiel / Plexus

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Music For Merce

A Spirit's Whisper: Selected Works by Bo Nilsson

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Groove Pa Svenska

A Spirit's Whisper (1965-1997)

Infrastruktur

Groove på svenska

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Darmstadt Aural Documents, Box 2

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Piano Avant-Garde

Ernman, Malena: Arias, Lieder and Cabaret Songs

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