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Kurt Atterberg
12+ albums
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg (December 12, 1887 – February 15, 1974) was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied cello and would later on in life occasionally play the cello in orchestras. He published his first work, a Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, opus 1, in 1908. In 1910 he sent the Rhapsody and an incomplete version of the Symphony No. 1 in B minor, soon published as opus 3, to the Stockholm Conservatory for admission. He studied composition and orchestration with Andreas Hallén there while simultaneously receiving instruction at the Royal Institute of Technology, earning a Masters degree in engineering in 1911. From 1912 to 1968 Atterberg worked at the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, becoming head of a division there in 1937. In 1912, he made his conducting debut conducting his own First Symphony. In 1916 he was appointed to Maestro of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, a position he held until 1922. From 1919 to 1957, he was a music critic for the Stockholmstidningen. In 1924, Atterberg helped found the Society of Swedish Composers and the Swedish Performing Rights Society (an organization similar to ASCAP in America). In 1926 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and was secretary of that organization from 1940 to 1953. While composing an opera about the Vikings, Härvard Harpolekare, Atterberg also wrote a "Sinfonia Piccola" (Symphony No. 4 in G m
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Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 21: II. Adagio -
2,7482Suite No. 3, Op. 19, No. 1 (version for 2 violins and string orchestra): I. Prelude: Adagio
1,1793Suite No. 3, Op. 19, No. 1 (version for 2 violins and string orchestra): III. Vision: Allegro moderato
1,1444Concerto in A Major for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 28 (1926): II. Adagio
9675Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 27: II. Adagio molto
9136Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 10, "West Coast Pictures": III. Sommarnatt (Summer Night)
7407Suite No. 1, "Orientale": I. Okenstamning: Adagio
7138Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 10, "West Coast Pictures": I. Soldis (Sun Smoke)
6899Okenstamning: Adagio
43110Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 10, "West Coast Pictures": II. Storm
406albums
Atterberg: Cello Concerto / Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 (Arr. for String Orchestra)
ATTERBERG: Piano Quintet / Suite No. 1 / Horn Sonata
Atterberg: Symphonies 3 & 6
ATTERBERG: Violin Sonata / Trio Concertante
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Classical Concentration
Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Nordic Violin Favourites
Atterberg: Sinfonia for Strings / Adagio Amoroso / Suite No. 7 / Intermezzo / Prelude and Fugue
Atterberg: Piano Concerto - Rhapsody - Ballade & Passcaglia
Kurt Atterberg: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra - Barocco - Sinfonia per archi
Atterberg & Rangstrom: String Quartets
Atterberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5