- Bengt Hambraeus
Bengt Hambraeus (b.
Stockholm ,Sweden ,January 29 ,1928 ; d.Glen Roy Apple-Hill , nearMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada ,September 21 ,2000 ) was a Swedish organist, composer and musicologist.Life
Hambreaus studied organ with
Alf Linder and musicology withCarl-Allan Moberg , earning his doctorate in 1956. From 1957 to 1972 he worked in the music department of theSwedish Radio .In 1972 he became professor of composition at
McGill University ,Montreal and he remained in Canada until his death in 2000.He was elected into the
Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1967 and received the Swedish Royal MedalLitteris et Artibus in 1986.Works
Hambraeus wrote music for a large number of instruments, but he perhaps best known for his organ works. Together with
Kagel andLigeti he was among the first to use high modernist compositional methods to compose organ music.elected organ works
* 1958 "Constellations I"
* 1961-62 "Interferenzen"
* 1966-67 "Tre Pezzi per Organo"
* 1969 "Nebulosa"
* 1974 "Ricercare per organo"
* 1981 "Livre d'orgue (4 volumes)"
* 1992 "Missa pro organo: in memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
* 1999 "Riflessioni per organo grande"External links
* [http://www.musiccentre.ca/influences/composer.cfm?authpeopleid=360&themeid=2 Bengt Hambraeus] at Canadian Music Centre
* [http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/micv5eng.nsf/DocsByCodename/single_object!opendocument&external=http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/WebV5BiografierAZeng/4BB3641687D633D441256492002D2641 Bengt Hambraeus] at Swedish Music Information Center
* [http://home.wanadoo.nl/eli.ichie/hambraeus.html Bengt Hambraeus page]
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