COMPOSER

Hugo Alfvén

1872 - 1960

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Hugo Emil Alfvén (Swedish: [alˈveːn] ; 1 May 1872 – 8 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody”, written when he was 31, is still one of the best-known pieces of Swedish music. After extensive European travels to develop his musical skills, Alfvén taught composition, before conducting choirs and orchestras. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Alfvén is the 351st most popular composer (down from 288th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 171st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Composer.

Hugo Alfvén is most famous for his work with electromagnetic fields and the Earth's magnetic field.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Alfvén ranks 351 out of 1,451. Before him are Francesco Durante, Luigi Dallapiccola, Germaine Tailleferre, Riccardo Broschi, Michel Richard Delalande, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are Mieczysław Weinberg, Samuel Scheidt, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Willem Mengelberg, and Hans Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Hugo Alfvén ranks 40. Before him are Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Habibullah Khan, Julius Fučík, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Édouard Herriot, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are Mikhail Tsvet, Hidesaburō Ueno, Pío Baroja, Arsen Kotsoyev, Otto Braun, and Ottokar Czernin. Among people deceased in 1960, Hugo Alfvén ranks 40. Before him are Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, John B. Kelly Sr., I. I. Chundrigar, Frank Lloyd, Ida Rubinstein, and Dimitri Mitropoulos. After him are Victor Klemperer, Otoya Yamaguchi, Ethel Voynich, Beno Gutenberg, Mack Sennett, and Jacques Becker.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 199 out of 1,879. Before him are Canute II of Sweden (1200), Ann-Margret (1941), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), Nicolai Gedda (1925), and Hans Blix (1928). After him are Gunilla Bielke (1568), Per Gessle (1959), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Joe Hill (1879), and Michael Nyqvist (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 2. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637). After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Allan Pettersson (1911), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Einar Englund (1916), Ture Rangström (1884), and Ludvig Norman (1831).

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