Andreas Hallén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andreas Hallén

Swedish romantic composer, conductor and music teacher

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1846

Place of Birth: Göteborgs Kristine församling, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1925

Profession: composer, conductor, music critic, music pedagogue

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Andreas Hallén

  • Johan Andreas Hallén (22 December 1846 – 11 March 1925) was a Swedish Romantic composer, conductor and music teacher, primarily known for his operas, which were heavily influenced by Richard Wagner’s music dramas.
  • Hallén was born in Gothenburg and died in Stockholm, but the early years of his career and most of his education were in Germany.
  • Like his Norwegian contemporary Edvard Grieg and many other composers the same generation, Hallén frequently evokes the folk music and folk stories of his home country in his compositions.
  • According to the musicologist Axel Helmer, however, "The salient feature of his style [...], and the one which strongly affected contemporary reaction, is its close, almost derivative relationship to German music," especially Wagner.
  • Around 1885, Hallén returned to Sweden and continued to conduct and compose, and in later years taught composition at the Stockholm Conservatory.

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