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Stenhammar

Wilhelm Stenhammar
Dates
1871–1927
Era
20th Century (1900–1945)
Recognition
essential
Wikipedia

Where to start with Stenhammar

Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles
  1. Orchestral
    Serenade in F major, op. 31
  2. Vocal
    Sången, cantata for voice, chorus and orchestra, op. 44
  3. Keyboard
    3 Fantasies, for piano, op. 11
  4. Chamber
    Allegro brillante in E flat major
  5. Orchestral
    Symphony no. 2 in G minor, op. 34
  6. Orchestral
    Excelsior!, symphonic overture op. 13
  7. Orchestral
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 1
  8. Orchestral
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23
  9. Orchestral
    2 Sentimental Romances for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28
  10. Vocal
    3 Songs, for a cappella chorus
  11. Vocal
    A people, for voice and orchestra
  12. Keyboard
    Allegro con moto ed appassionato
  13. Chamber
    Allegro ma non tanto in A for violin, cello and piano
  14. Orchestral
    Chitra, incidental music, op. 43
  15. Vocal
    Det far ett Skepp Op.26, no. 5, "A Ship Is Sailing"

Listening guide

Hand-curated paths into Stenhammar's catalogue
  1. Symphony No. 2 in G minor
  2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor
  3. Serenade in F major
  4. String Quartet No. 4 in A minor
  5. Excelsior! (overture)

Most Acclaimed

  1. Symphony No. 2
  2. String Quartet No. 4
  3. Piano Sonata in A-flat minor
  4. String Quartet No. 5 in C major
  5. Midvinter (choral)

Most Weird

  1. Symphony No. 2
    he destroyed his Symphony No. 1 after hearing the Brahms Second — the No. 2 is the only symphony he kept
  2. Piano Sonata in A-flat minor
    his most harmonically ambitious work
  3. Lodolezzi sjunger (Lodolezzi Sings)
    serenade for soprano and orchestra — after a poem by Heidenstam
  4. String Quartet No. 5
    late, introspective — his most complex quartet
  5. I rosengården (In the Rose Garden)
    the most beautiful of his songs

Similar composers

Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinity

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