Kurt atterberg biography
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg (December 12, 1887 - February 15, 1984), Swedish composer and conductor, studied cello before entering a technical college and graduating as a civil engineer.
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He began working in the patent office and stayed a very long time, avoiding mandatory retirement. They basically had to pry a very old Atterberg loose and toss him out. Nevertheless, with all of Atterberg's other activity, including foreign tours, conducting engagements, time for composition, and administrative duties of two organizations benefitting Swedish composers, that office had shown unbelievable understanding for many years.
One can make the case for him as the most important Swedish symphonist between Wilhelm Stenhammar and Dag Wirén.
Kurt atterberg biography
Atterberg began as a follower of the nationalist school of Hugo Alfvén. However, his commitment as a conductor, especially to new music, had pushed him past the post-Wagnerian and -Brahmsian procedures of Alfvén.
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