Olle Adolphson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish singer-songwriter and writer
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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Olle Adolphson
- Olle Adolphson (2 May 1934, in Stockholm â 10 March 2004, in Stockholm) was a Swedish writer, singer and songwriter.
- He released a range of books (Aubade, FoliĂĄ), LPs (En stol pĂ„ TegnĂ©r, etc.) and CDs (Ălskar inte jag dig dĂ„, MĂ€ssa pĂ„ svenska sprĂ„ket, etc.). He was son of the actor Edvin Adolphson and brother of actress Kristina Adolphson. Adolphson's theme was, according to himself, "to see the great in small things and the small in big things".
- Some of his most loved songs follow that description, for example Gustaf Lindströms visa ("The Ballad of Gustaf Lindström", about the human victims of urban renewal), Trubbel ("Trouble", about male disappointments and defeats), Nu har jag fÄtt den jag vill ha ("Now I've got the one I want", about the futility of getting one's wishes), and Sigge Skoog (about the unreliability of memories: Sigge, can one remember how one has felt, although only pictures remain? Or have I lied to us both, as I lied you full of tales when we were young?.) He also equipped most of his songs with catchy tunes which in some cases have made it as instrumental versions.
- He also sang songs with texts by others, e.g.
- Beppe Wolgers, Nils Ferlin or Lars Forssell and his own music.
- Among his most popular songs are "OkÀnda djur" (Unknown Animals), "Mitt eget land" (My Own Land) and "Det gÄtfulla folket" ("The Mysterious People", a song about children) with lyrics by Beppe Wolgers (1950s) and his own ""Trubbel" (1960).Adolphson wrote most of his songs in a short period, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, afterwards turning to film and choir arrangements, but is still regarded as one of the four great Swedish songwriters of the 1900s, together with Birger Sjöberg, Evert Taube and Cornelis Vreeswijk.
- He was rather sarcastic about the politically engaged singers who followed him in the late 1960s and 1970s, regarding them as too superficial and simplistic, but remained revered by them as a champion of popular culture values and a critic of bureaucratic development and emotional poverty in general. Dubbel Trubbel, a homage to Olle Adolphson, performed by various Swedish artists, such as HĂ„kan Hellström, Eva Dahlgren, and Frida Hyvönen was released in 2005. Olle AdolphsonÂŽs work har been scrutinized in two academic dissertations; from musicological points of view by Frans Mossberg âVisans Kontinuumâ - studier i Olle Adolphsons musik och framförandekonstâ ["music and performance art"] (2002), and from lyrical perspectives by Charlotte Ullmert âVisan som gĂ„vaâ ["Song as a gift"] (2004), both at Lund university.
- Mossberg musicological studies focused on relationships between words and music, from phonetic perspectives, vocal and musical interpretations and content.
- They were pioneering among the musicological performance studies of the singer songwriter genre in Sweden - the so called âvisaâ.
- The thesis included a vast database over AdolphsonÂŽs recordings and media appearances, as well as analyses of a number of Adolphons songs.
- It was heavily referred to in the 10 cd box with collected works âTystnaden smyger som en kattâ EMI (2009). âVisans kontinuumâ (The continuum of balladry) were among the earliest musicological studies published online with linked music clips in Sweden.
- The thesis was used as a foundation for the Olle Adolphson website by mossberg http://www.olleadolphson.se
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