August Söderman
(Johan) August Söderman (17 July 1832 in Stockholm – 10 February 1876 in Stockholm) has traditionally been seen as the pre-eminent Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music, such as the incidental music to Ludvig Josephson's Marsk Stigs döttrar ("Marshal Stig's Daughter"), 1866, or his Svenskt festspel ("Swedish Festival Music"). The son of a musical father and a pupil of the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, he studied piano, but mastered the oboe and violin as well. In 1856–57 he studied counterpoint at the Leipzig Conservatory with Ernst Richter; there, in a musical culture that bore the imprint of Mendelssohn, he became familiar with the music of Robert Schumann and also with that of Richard Wagner. On his return to Stockholm he worked as a theatre conductor, and at the Royal Swedish Opera as choirmaster and eventually assistant conductor. He wrote several operettas (The Devil’s First Try, 1856) and incidental music for about 80 plays, such as a Swedish translation of Schiller's Die Jungfrau von Orleans ("The Maid of Orleans"). His influence can be detected in the music of later Swedish Romantic composers, Hugo Alfvén and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. Söderman died aged 43. His music is virtually unknown outside Sweden. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-2812 | 10-in. | 10/16/1905 | Swedish wedding march | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | C-2812 | 12-in. | 10/16/1905 | Swedish wedding march | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-19714 | 10-in. | 4/26/1917 | Längtan | Florence Eklund Reims | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21071 | 10-in. | 11/8/1917 | Kung Heimer och Aslög | Gustaf Holmquist | Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22582 | 10-in. | 2/13/1919 | Juomalaulu | Jean Theslöf | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24576 | 10-in. | 11/19/1920 | Sjung för mig | William Stenberg | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27603 | 10-in. | 2/17/1923 | Bröllopsmarch | International Concert Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-39515 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Swedish wedding march | Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-011030 | 10-in. | 6/24/1937 | Swedish (brollops) march | Frank Black ; Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1920-09-15-01] | Not documented | 9/15/1920 | Längtan | Esther Osborn | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 276ae | 10-in. | March 1909 | Längtan | John Forsell | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 825ah | 10-in. | Oct. 1910 | Försmådd kärlek | John Forsell | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 827ah | 10-in. | October 1910 | I striden | John Forsell | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 828ah | 10-in. | October 1910 | Avskedet | John Forsell | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | BK2288 | 10-in. | 9/17/1927 | Bellmansmelodier | Kungl. Flottans Musikkår | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | BK2289 | 10-in. | 9/17/1927 | Bellmansmelodier | Kungl. Flottans Musikkår | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 6242e | 10-in. | 6/30/1907 | Önsk-visa | Orpheus Chorus | Chorus | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Söderman, August," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103566.
Söderman, August. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103566.
"Söderman, August." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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