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Kurt Atterberg
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1887
- Works
- 7
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- Listeners
- 12,956
- Total plays
- 90,061
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg (December 12, 1887 – February 15, 1974) was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied cello and would later on in life occasionally play the cello in orchestras. He published his first work, a Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, opus 1, in 1908. In 1910 he sent the Rhapsody and an incomplete version of the Symphony No. 1 in B minor, soon published as opus 3, to the Stockholm Conservatory
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Magnus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Oscar Parish
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music in Stockholm
- Employer
- Royal Swedish Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Award
- Litteris et Artibus
- Student of
- Andreas Hallén
- Genre
- symphony
- Movement
- Romantic music
- Image
- Kurt Atterberg.jpg
- Work location
- Stockholm
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- date of birth
- 1887-12-12
- date of death
- 1974-02-15
- place of burial
- Norra begravningsplatsen
- described by source
- OpenStreetMap
- Commons category
- Kurt Atterberg
- date of burial or cremation
- 1974-03-13
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Kurt Atterberg
- birth name
- Kurt Magnus Atterberg
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