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Elfrida Andree (1841-1929) - Piano Quintet in E Minor: I. Allegro molto vivace ·

Midsummer's Music

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Elfrida Andrée

Elfrida Andrée, compositrice, è stata la prima donna svedese a dirigere un’orchestra sinfonica.

Tra le prime organiste ufficialmente riconosciute in Scandinavia, nel 1899 ha composto l’opera Fritiofs saga con libretto di Selma Lagerlöf, scrittrice premio Nobel per la Letteratura.

Nata a Visby il 19 febbraio 1841, la musica ha fatto parte della sua vita sin da bambina.

A sedici anni aveva già conseguito il diploma di organista presso la Reale Accademia di Musica ma alle donne non era permesso di esercitare.

C’è voluto tempo e tenacia, affinché riuscisse a far eliminare l’ostacolo legislativo, nel 1861.

Dal 1867 è stata l’organista ufficiale della Cattedrale di Göteborg.

Per perseguire il suo sogno si è scontrata con i pregiudizi maschili, il compositore danese Niels Gade, all’inizio, l’aveva osteggiata in ogni modo per poi cambiare idea quando si era reso conto di avere a che fare con un considerevole talento.

Elfrida Andrée ha diretto circa ottocento Concerti popolari e prodotto oltre cento brani.

Nel 1895 ha vinto il premio Litteris et Artibus e nel 1908 è entrata a far parte dell’Accademia delle donne.

Eletta nell’Accademia Reale di Musica, nel 1897, venne nominata a capo dei Concerti dell’Istituto dei lavoratori di Göteborg, diventando la prima donna in Svezia a dirigere un’orchestra sinfonica.

Attiva nel movimento per i diritti delle donne, ha formato diverse musiciste sostenendo la loro presenza nel mondo dell’interpretazione e della composizione musicale.

Ha scritto diversi componimenti per orchestra tra cui due sinfonie (suonate ancora oggi), diversi pezzi per violino e per pianoforte, due messe svedesi, la ballata corale Snöfrid del 1879 e diversi lieder.

Si è spenta l’11 gennaio 1929 a Göteborg.

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OMG the new night time radio host is playing a lovely composer who i've never heard before!!! an entire composer i didn't know existed!!!

the composer is elfrida andree. i'll have to listen to more of her stuff and make a post about it

the radio show host for the night time program is leaving :( i liked her voice it was so soothing... i hope the new person is nice too

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Elfrida Andrée - Piano Quintet in E minor ⎮ Midsummer’s Music Ensemble

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February 19 in Music History

1605 Death of Italian composer Orazio Vecchi at age 54, in Modena. 

1656 FP of Cesti's opera Orontea in Venice.  1736 FP of Handel's Alexander's Feast at Covent Garden in London, attendance over 1300. 

1736 FP of Handel’s Organ Concertos Op.4 No.1 and No.6. 1743 Birth of Italian composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini in Lucca. 

1754 Birth of tenor Matteo Babbini in Bologna.  

1755 Death of castrato Giulio Maria Cavaletti in Rome. 

1763 FP of Johann Christian Bach's opera Orione at the Kings' Theater in London.  1790 Death of Polish composer Johann Baptist Krumpholz in Paris. 

1815 Death of composer Leonhard von Call.

1841 Birth of Swedish composer Elfrida Andree in Visby, Gotland. 1841 Birth of Spanish composer Felipe Pedrell in Tortosa. 1843 Birth of Spanish-Italian opera soprano Adelina Patti in Madrid. 1857 Birth of tenor Julius Lieban in Lunenburg.   1863 Birth of Hungarian composer Tobias Emanuel Moor in Kecskemét. 1877 Birth of French composer Louis Auber.

1878 Birth of soprano Ella Tordek in Bohemia. 

1880 Birth of American composer Arthur Shepherd in Paris, ID.  1886 Birth of American composer George Luther Foote. 

1895 Birth of composer Ferdinand Sieber. 

1897 Birth of baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender in Aachen. 

1910 FP of Jules Massenet's opera Don Quichotte with Feodor Chaliapine, at City of Monte Carlo Theater Opéra, Conductor Léon Jéhin.

1906 Birth of Welsh composer Grace Williams in Barry, Glamorganshire.  1913 Birth of American oboist and composer Alvin Etler, in Battle Creek, MI. 

1913 Birth of tenor Max Worthley in Adelaide.  

1914 FP of Ricardo Zandonai's opera Francesca da Rimini in Turin.

1915 Birth of bass Helmut Fehn in Buchbach.

1917 Birth of English conductor and organist George Guest. 

1923 Birth of American composer Donald Lybbert. 

1923 FP of Jean Sibelius' Sixth Symphony with the composer conducting in Helsinki.

1926 Birth of Romanian composer Gyorgy Kurtag in Lugoj.

1926 Birth of soprano Ruzena Kohoutova in Czechoslavakia. 

1926 FP of John Alden Carpenter's Skyscrapers, as ballet, NYC.

1927 Death of Austrian composer Robert Fuchs in Vienna. 

1929 FP of Bela Bartók'a String Quartet No. 3, by the Waldbauer Quartet in London.

1932 FP of Copland's Symphonic Ode. Boston Sym under Koussevitsky for the orchestra's 50th anniversary 1939 Birth of Russian tenor Vladimir Atlantov in Leningrad. 

1941 Birth of bass Ian Comboy in Cheshire. 

1941 Death of Irish composer and arranger Sir Hamilton Harty.

1941 FP of Morton Gould's Spirituals for Orchestra conducted by the composer in NYC.

1949 Birth of English soprano Penelope Walmsley-Clark.

1949 FP of Douglas Moore's opera The Emperor's New Clothes in NYC.

1949 FP of Irving Fine's Partita for winds, by the New Art Wind Quintet in NYC.

1950 Death of mezzo-soprano Edyth Walker.

1955 Birth of Dutch composer Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk in Amsterdam.

1961 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Anthem The dove descending breaks the air.  Robert Craft conducting in Los Angeles.

1969 Birth of American composer Peter Flint.

1970 Death of bass Edmund Burke. 

1970 Death of bass Pavel Ludikar. 

1971 Death of tenor D Morgan Davies. 

1975 Death of Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola at age 71, in Florence. 

1985 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Symphony No. 3, by the BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes conducting at Manchester's Free Trade Hall.

1986 Death of Brazilian composer Francisco Paolo Mignone in Rio de Janeiro 1990 FP of Daniel Asia's Symphony No. 1, by the Seattle Symphony, Christopher Kendall conducting.

1994 Death of Italian composer Vittorio Rieti in NYC.

1996 Death of soprano Dorothy Maynor. 

1999 FP of John Adams' Naïve and Sentimental Music by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conducting at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA.

2003 FP of Svend Hividfelt Nielsen's Dances and Detours, Toccata for Violin and Nonet. Randers Chamber Orchestra, Slaato, cond. in Randers, Denmark.

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Composer: Elfrida Andree

Performers:   Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester

Conductor: Michael Bartsoch

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Our next female composer for this week is Elfrida Andrée, requested by compos-h-er (thank you)! I deliberated a bit over which work of Andrée's to choose, and though she is especially known for her organ symphonies (she herself was a celebrated organist), I decided I'd like to highlight her one of her chamber works, which I think deserve much more notice than they are generally given. This piano quintet was written in 1865, when she was just 24.

Piano Quintet in E minor Elfrida Andrée Midsummer's Music Ensemble

Stay tuned for more during this week-long celebration of female composers!  To make recommendations or requests, contact me at my personal blog, cantationem.  - Melinda Beasi

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Elfrida Andree - Organ Symphony No. 1 in B Minor: I. Moderato ·

Ralph Gustafsson ; organ

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Elfrida Andree (1841-1929) - String Quartet in D Minor: I. Allegro ·

Stockholm Quartet

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Elfrida Andree -  Piano Quartet in A Minor: I. Allegro molto moderato · Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir, Ensemble: Trio Nordica

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Elfrida Andree - Piano trio in g minor No. 2, 1st & 2nd mov by the Essentia Piano Trio 

The Essentia Piano Trio's 2nd concert on June 7th, 2015 @ IBK Chamber Hall in the Seoul Arts Center Young Ji Kim-cello Soo Jin Kim-violin Min Kyoung Kang-piano

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Elfrida Andree - Piano Quintet in E Minor: I. Allegro molto vivace · Midsummer's Music

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Elfrida Andree - String Quartet in D Minor: I. Allegro · Stockholm Quartet

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Elfrida Andree - Symphony No. 2: I. Moderato ·

Stockholm Symphony Orchestra ·  · Gustaf Sjökvist

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Elfrida Andree - Organ Symphony No. 1 in B Minor: I. Moderato

Ralph Gustafsson : organ of the St Magdalena Church, Stockholm

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Elfrida Andree - String Quartet in D Minor: I. Allegro · Stockholm Quartet