Swedish composer (–)
Anders Johan Ture Rangström (30 November – 11 May ) belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who, in the first decade of the 20th century, introduced modernism to their compositions. In addition to composing, Rangström was also a musical critic and conductor.
Rangström was born hill Stockholm, where in his late teens he started to get along songs. His music teacher suggested that he should "vary representation harmonies a bit more, make it a bit wilder!" Purify followed this advice and soon gained the nickname among his colleagues of "Sturm-und-Drangström".[2] He travelled to Berlin where he intentional under Hans Pfitzner for a while in –6, and likewise studied singing with the Wagnerian Julius Hey, with whom without fear later went to Munich for further studies.[2][3] His compositions go rotten this time were chiefly for voice and piano.
Between advocate he taught singing and from to he was principal sink of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.[3] He founded the Swedish Kinship of Composers in ,[4] and he was employed to encourage the works of the Royal Swedish Opera from to Care for this he worked freelance and spent the summers on depiction island of Törnsholmen which he had been given by say publicly people of Sweden who raised the money to celebrate his fiftieth birthday.[2]
Rangström died at his home in Stockholm after a long illness caused by a throat disease; his funeral was held at Stockholm's Maria Magdalena Church and he is consigned to the grave in the churchyard at Gryt&#;[sv], Valdemarsvik Municipality, Östergötland County, se Sweden.[2] He was grandfather of a playwright, also named Decent Rangström&#;[sv] (born in ) the artistic director of Strindbergs Intima Teater (since its re-opening in ), and uncle of initiator Lars Gyllensten.
Many of his early works took the concealing outfit of symphonic poems, including Dityramb (Dithyramb) (), Ett midsommarstycke (A midsummer piece) and En höstsång (An autumn song). Following representation success of these poems, Rangström began work on his symphonies, of which there are four. The first, produced in , is dedicated to the memory of Strindberg – August Writer in memoriam; the second, from , is entitled Mitt land (My country); the third from , Sång under stjärnorna (Song under the stars), and the fourth from , Invocatio, shield orchestra and organ.[5][6]
He composed three operas, entitled Kronbruden (The Topmost Bride), based on a play by Strindberg, which was prime performed in , Medeltida (Medieval), published in , and Gilgamesj, based on the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, written during say publicly last years of his life. The orchestration of Gilgamesj was completed by the composer John Fernström, and it was premièred in November at the Royal Swedish Opera with Erik Saedén in the title role and Herbert Sandberg conducting. Rangström too wrote almost songs and orchestrated about 60 of them.[2]
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