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Sven-David Sandström
Person · male · Sweden · Motala parish · born 1942 · died 2019 · recording since 1995
Swedish composer (1942-2019)
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Also known as Sven David Sandström · 斯文·戴维·桑德斯特伦
Timeline
15 events✦ Award 8▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1940s
1970s
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: The High Mass
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Sandström: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Hammerth: Piano Concerto no. 1
Album
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography313 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354812782
Biography
Sven-David Sandström (30 October 1942 – 10 June 2019) was a Swedish classical composer of operas, oratorios, ballets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.
Life and career
Sandström was born in Motala and studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University. He also studied musical composition at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
He was a faculty member at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, and Indiana University Bloomington's Jacobs School of Music, where he taught for fifteen years. He died in the Högalids district of Stockholm.
Among his works are The High Mass, a Requiem, concertos for flute, guitar, piano, and cello, and the 2001 opera, Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy on a libretto and originally directed by Claes Fellbom, who commissioned the work for the centennial of the Swedish opera company. Fellbom translated the opera into English and directed its first production in that language at Indiana University in February 2003. In 2006, Sandström's Ordet - en passion was performed on 24 March in Stockholm. A number of his works were inspired by significant choral works by Bach and other composers, but reinterpreted in Sandström's very personal style. These include a set of the six Bach cantata texts in Bach's structure (double choir plus four-part chorale), a reinterpretation of the text of Handel's Messiah commissioned and premiered by the Oregon Bach Festival in 2009 and also performed at the Rheingau Musik Festival that year, and works by Purcell.
His work draws on ideas from modernist music, minimalist music, jazz, and popular music. Indeed, in Act II of Jeppe, the chorus sings the line "O Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz" in harmony based on the original Janis Joplin melody. He also incorporated elements of Tejano music in his work.
Sandström wrote film scores for Äntligen! (1984), and for the television films Facklorna (1991), Lars Norén's Ett Sorts Hades (1996), and Gertrud (1999).
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 24 | 53.9th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Sandström: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Hammerth: Piano Concerto no. 1
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:01:13
1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra23:422Piano Concerto no. 1: 1st movement14:133Piano Concerto no. 1: 2nd movement10:154Piano Concerto no. 1: 3rd movement13:032010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:02:48
1Lobet den Herrn7:412Ave Maria8:393Hear My Prayer, O Lord5:314Es ist genug9:055A New Song of Love3:536Laudamus te7:427Agnus dei6:328Singet dem Herrn: I.3:539Singet dem Herrn: II.7:1210Singet dem Herrn: III.2:402010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 50 tracks · 1:30:22
Disc 11No. 1. Comfort Ye, My People6:102No. 2. Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted2:413No. 3. And The Glory Of The Lord1:074No. 4. Thus Saith The Lord2:235No. 5. But Who May Abide1:266No. 6 And He Shalt Purify1:197No. 7. Behold, A Virgin Shall Concieve1:248No. 8. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Sion2:049No. 9. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth1:2010No. 10. The People That Walked In Darkness1:5111No. 11. For Unto Us A Child Is Born1:1012No. 12. There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field1:5213No. 13. Glory To God In The Highest1:2214No. 14. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Sion1:5015No. 15. Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Shall Be Open'd1:5516No. 16. He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd2:5017No. 17. His Yoke Is Easy3:23Disc 21No. 18. Behold The Lamb Of God1:412No. 19. He Was Despised And Rejected2:163No. 20. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs2:094No. 21. And With His Stripes We Are Healed1:315No. 22. All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray2:116No. 23. All They That See Him0:407No. 24. He Trusted In God0:318No. 25. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart1:159No. 26. Behold, And See1:2610No. 27. He Was Cut Off The Land0:3211No. 28. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul0:2812No. 29. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates1:5613No. 30. Unto Which Of The Angels0:4714No. 31. Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him1:1615No. 32. Thou Art Gone Up On High1:4616No.33. The Lord Gave The Word1:0517No. 34. How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them1:1318No. 35. Their Sound Is Gone Out1:2819No. 36. Why Do The Nations2:0220No. 37. Let Us Break Their Bonds0:4521No. 38. He That Dwelleth In Heaven1:1122No. 39. Thou Shalt Break Them1:0123No. 40 Halleluja4:0224No. 41 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth2:2225No. 42. Since By Man Came Death2:3626No. 43. Behold, I Tell You A Mystery1:3427No. 44. The Trumpet Shall Sound1:3928No. 45. Then Shall Be Brought To Pass1:3929No. 46. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?2:0530No. 47. But Thanks Be To God2:0131No. 48. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?2:0832No. 49. Worthy Is The Lamb2:4433No. 50. Amen2:152022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:19:50
1Piano Concerto, op. 84: I. Allegro moderato9:382Piano Concerto, op. 84: II. Lento8:453Piano Concerto, op. 84: III. Presto9:104Five Pieces for Piano and Orchestra: I.8:155Five Pieces for Piano and Orchestra: II.3:226Five Pieces for Piano and Orchestra: III.5:017Five Pieces for Piano and Orchestra: IV.2:088Five Pieces for Piano and Orchestra: V.6:579Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: I. Introduction3:1110Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: II. Star Formation3:4511Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: III. Constellations3:3312Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: IV. Cosmic Nursery4:1813Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: V. Hypernova3:1714Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: VI. Solo Cadenza4:4015Stellar Clouds — Piano Concerto no. 1: VII. Recapitulation3:50
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The High MassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:33:53Disc 1 1Kyrie: Kyrie eleison (choir)6:04 2Kyrie: Christe eleison (soprano 1, 2, 3)6:22 3Kyrie: Kyrie eleison (choir)3:01 4Gloria: Gloria in excelsis (choir)4:51 5Gloria: Et in terra pax (choir)2:19 6Gloria: Laudamus te (mezzo-soprano 1, 2)5:21 7Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi (choir)1:28 8Gloria: Domine Deus (choir)1:09 9Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi (choir)5:06 10Gloria: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)5:33 11Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus (male choir)1:18 12Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)4:04 Disc 21Credo: Credo in unum Deum (choir)3:13 2Credo: Patrem omnipotentem (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3)3:59 3Credo: Et in unum Dominum (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)2:53 4Credo: Et incarnatus est (mezzo-soprano 1, 2)4:42 5Credo: Crucifixus (choir)4:46 6Credo: Et resurrexit (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3)2:10 7Credo: Et in spiritum sanctum Dominum (soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)3:12 8Credo: Confiteor (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)2:28 9Sanctus: Sanctus (choir)2:28 10Sanctus: Osanna in excelsis (choir)1:53 11Sanctus: Benedictus (choir/mezzo-soprano 1, 2) repeat: Osanna (choir)5:47 12Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei (soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)4:08 13Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem (choir/soprano 1, 2, 3 mezzo-soprano 1, 2)5:38 | Live | 1 January 1995 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sven-David Sandström head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 24 | 53.9th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Q110979280 | won | |
| 1984 | Nordic Council Music Prize | won | |
| 1985 | Q56300396 | won | |
| 1994 | Litteris et Artibus | won | |
| 1995 | Christ Johnson Prize | won | |
| 2013 | Musikförläggarnas pris | won | |
| 2015 | honorary doctor at Karlstad University | won | |
| 2019 | Q108865001 | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ca906abe-3adc-4a18-bfc2-39288c7369d5core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920770genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920770seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven-David_Sandstr%C3%B6mbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven-David_Sandstr%C3%B6m
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Wikidata: Q920770 · MusicBrainz: ca906abe-3adc-4a18-bfc2-39288c7369d5
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