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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Person · male · Sweden · Kramfors Municipality · born 1867 · died 1942 · recording since 1992

Swedish composer (1867-1942)

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Also known as Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger · Peterson-Berger · 威尔海姆·彼得森-伯格

Debut: 1992
Release groups: 14
Timeline events: 16
Wiki language versions: 20

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16 events▣ Album 13◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1

1860s
1. 27 February 1867 · Birth
  Born 1867-02-27
  source: wikidata
1940s
1. 3 December 1942 · Death
  Died 1942
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 23 July 1992 · Debut release
  Debut release: Frösöblomster
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 23 July 1992 · Album
  Album: Frösöblomster
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1998 · Album
  Album: Symphony no. 1 “Banéret” / Suite “Last Summer”
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1998 · Album
  Album: Symphony no. 2 / Violin Romance
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. February 1999 · Album
  Album: Flowers from Frösö Island
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Symphony no. 3 / Earina Suite
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2000 · Album
  Album: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2001 · Album
  Album: Symphony no. 4 "Holmia" / Törnrossagan / Frösöblomster
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2001 · Album
  Album: Frösöblomster
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2001 · Album
  Album: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2004 · Album
  Album: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2005 · Album
  Album: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 4
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2005 · Album
  Album: Symphony no. 5 "Solitudo" / Violin Concerto
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 22 June 2009 · Album
  Album: Sånger för blandad kör a cappella (komplett)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,020 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370794932

Biography

Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ( 27 February 1867 – 3 December 1942) was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom.

The composer

Peterson-Berger was born in Ullånger. He studied at the Stockholm Conservatory from 1886 to 1889 and then in Dresden for a year.
He is best known for three albums of national romantic piano pieces entitled FrösöblomsterFrösöblomster23 July 1992 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 21 tracks1Frösöblomster I: Rentreé3:072Frösöblomster I: Sommarsång2:373Frösöblomster I: Lawn Tennis2:294Frösöblomster I: Till rosorna3:515Frösöblomster I: Gratulation3:446Frösöblomster I: Vid Frösö kyrka4:267Frösöblomster I: I skymningen3:278Frösöblomster I: Hälsning3:489Frösöblomster II: Solhälsning2:1410Frösöblomster II: Jämtland4:3111Frösöblomster II: Långt bort i skogorna3:1712Frösöblomster II: Vid Larsmäss2:1013Frösöblomster II: Vågor mot stranden5:0214Frösöblomster II: Minnen4:5815Frösöblomster III: Förspel2:0516Frösöblomster III: Intåg i sommarhagen4:1417Frösöblomster III: Landskap i aftonsal5:0618Frösöblomster III: Folkhumor2:0619Frösöblomster III: Vildmarken lockar4:3620Frösöblomster III: Under asparna2:2021Frösöblomster III: Om många år2:32 I, II and III (Flowers of Frösö), which include the often performed Vid Frösö kyrka (At Frösö Church) and Sommarsång (Summer Song). The sets, which were composed over a period of 18 years (1896–1914) and brought together afterwards as a collection have gained a reputation of representing a quintessential "Swedishness" in the romantic, nationalistic vein of their time. The most famous of the pieces, Sommarsång (Summer Song) recalls the warm, calm, harmonious and bright pre-summer evenings where the sun in the north almost never goes down; they were the great breakthrough for Wilhelm. Sommarsång is still known to most Swedes, even to people generally uninterested in music: the majority of young piano students in the Nordic countries have been taught this piece. His songs for vocal ensemble are also still regularly performed, and are part of the core repertoire of Swedish choirs.
His other works include the five symphonies – among them are no.2 Sunnanfärd and no.3 Same-Ätnam generally considered the best – as well as the operas Ran, Arnljot, Domedagsprofeterna ("The Doomsday Prophets") and Adils och Elisiv ("Adils and Elisiv"). His command of the larger forms, in both architecture and instrumentation, is disputed.
He was stage manager at the Stockholm Opera from 1908 to 1910. The opera Arnljot has nevertheless become something of a symbol for the province of Jämtland and is regularly performed there, as a "musical drama", at Arnljotlägden on Frösön, close to Peterson-Berger's former home, Sommarhagen. Domedagsprofeterna is the antithesis of Arnljot – a light festive musical comedy set in 17th-century Uppsala, while the saga Adils och Elisiv where Swedish ‘talsång’ (speechsong) attained its purest expression is a work extolling Peterson-Berger's belief in humanism and the goodness of man.
He also wrote about eighty songs, many of which set poems by Erik Axel Karlfeldt, for example Aspåkerspolska.
He died in Östersund.

Orchestral

Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Baneret ("The Banner"), 1889–1903, revised 1932–1933 Movements: "När vi först drogo ut", "Mellan fedjerna", "Vid hjältebåren", "Mot nya vårar"
Symphony No.2 in E flat major, Sunnanfärd ("The Journey of Southerly Winds"), 1910 Movements: "Stiltje – Seglats", "Rosenstaden: Dionysoståget – I Eros tempel – Symposion", "Hemlängtan – För sunnanvind"
Symphony No.3 in F minor, Same Ätnam ("Lappland Symphony"), 1913–1915 Movements: "Forntidsbilder", "Vinterkväll", "Sommarnatt", "Framtidsdrömmar"
Symphony No.4 in A major, Holmia ("Stockholm"), 1929
Symphony No.5 in B minor, Solitudo ("Solitude"), 1932–1933
Orientalisk Dans ("Oriental Dance"), 1889–1890
Violin concerto in F sharp minor, 1915–1928
Romance in D minor for violin and orchestra, 1915
Törnrosasagan ("The Story of the Sleeping Beauty"), 1934
Symphony No.6, Hellas ("Greece"), 1935–1938 – unfinished

Opera

Ran, 1899–1900
Lyckan ('The Happiness'), 1903
Arnljot, 1907–1909
Domedagsprofeterna ('The Doomsday Prophets'), 1912–1917
Adils and Elisiv, 1921–1924

Vocal

Sveagaldrar, cantata, 1897
Part songs/music for choir: Tio sånger för blandad kör; Album, 8 sånger för blandad kör (including his settings of J. P. Jacobsen’s ‘Stemning’ and Helena Nyblom′s 'I Fyrreskoven'); Juninatt (words by M J Lermontov translated by W P-B; Guldfågel; Trädet, Ingerid Sletten, Prinsessen (words Bjornstjerne Bjornson); Våren kom en Valborgsnatt; Hvile i Skoven – Chorus mysticus (words J S C Welhaven); Sommarkväll.
Solo songs: Jamtlandsminnen (Memories from Jamtland) opus 4 (1893), Fyra visor i svensk folkton (Op. 5) including 'När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går' and 'Bland skogens höga furustammar', Ur Fridolins visor (From the melodies of Fridolin) with words by E A Karlfeldt (1900), Ur Hösthorn (1928), Återkomst (Return)

Piano music

Frösöblomster ("Fröso Flowers"), 1896, 8 pieces including Sommarsång, Lawn tennis, Till rosorna, Gratulation and Vid Frösö kyrka
Frösöblomster II, 1900, 6 pieces
Frösöblomster III: I sommarhagen, 1914, including Intåg i Sommarhagen
Six songs for piano, 1897
Färdminnen, 1908
Earina, 1917, 7 pieces
Italiana, 1922
Anakreontika, two books, 1924 and 1936

Critic and writer

As well as being a composer, Peterson-Berger was also a respected though very controversial music critic for the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter ("News of the Day") from 1896 to 1930. He was conservative and fought the increasing influence of modernism in music, especially from Arnold Schoenberg and his followers. His progress was hindered by many enemies whom he made through his writings; he attacked showy virtuosity and dry academicism with satire but also with strict conscientiousness. For either composers or performers who did not conform to his taste (or who were young and insecure female musicians, to take one typical example), he was not above grave personal insults.
Other writings include ‘Svensk musikkultur’ (Swedish musical culture, 1911) which includes clearsighted and satirical attacks on the prevailing musical establishment, ‘Richard Wagner som kulturföreteelse’ (Richard Wagner as a cultural phenomenon, 1913) as well as translations of Tristan und Isolde (for a 1909 production in Stockholm), and Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy (1902) and Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1919).

The man

One acquaintance later recalled his surprise when, on a journey by train from Stockholm to Östersund and Frösön, the big man and notorious critic suddenly burst into tears and felt soft like a child as the bucolic landscape of his beloved Jämtland began to unfold outside the window. Even this writer, however, noted that even Peterson-Berger's threatening and miserable physical appearance and demeanour conformed to the stereotype of the dour Scandinavian.
His home on the island of Frösön near Östersund (where he spent his summers from 1914 and then lived permanently from 1930) is open to the public in the summer months and is much as the composer left it. The downstairs music hall has his grand piano (he was a competent pianist), a work room (with a ‘picture window’ looking out over Storsjön) and library (with his collection of books and scores), while upstairs the bedrooms may be viewed. He lived alone there with a butler and his cats. There is also a small café where books and CDs are sold.

Discography & profile

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Timeline events	16	91.8th
Recording span (years)	-50	6.5th
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Discography (14 release groups · 14 studio albums)

Albums · 14

Frösöblomster
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:12:40
1Frösöblomster I: Rentreé3:07
2Frösöblomster I: Sommarsång2:37
3Frösöblomster I: Lawn Tennis2:29
4Frösöblomster I: Till rosorna3:51
5Frösöblomster I: Gratulation3:44
6Frösöblomster I: Vid Frösö kyrka4:26
7Frösöblomster I: I skymningen3:27
8Frösöblomster I: Hälsning3:48
9Frösöblomster II: Solhälsning2:14
10Frösöblomster II: Jämtland4:31
11Frösöblomster II: Långt bort i skogorna3:17
12Frösöblomster II: Vid Larsmäss2:10
13Frösöblomster II: Vågor mot stranden5:02
14Frösöblomster II: Minnen4:58
15Frösöblomster III: Förspel2:05
16Frösöblomster III: Intåg i sommarhagen4:14
17Frösöblomster III: Landskap i aftonsal5:06
18Frösöblomster III: Folkhumor2:06
19Frösöblomster III: Vildmarken lockar4:36
20Frösöblomster III: Under asparna2:20
21Frösöblomster III: Om många år2:32
Symphony no. 1 “Banéret” / Suite “Last Summer”
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:09:41
1Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major “Banéret”: When We First Took Up the Strife10:09
2Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major “Banéret”: Between the Feuds5:47
3Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major “Banéret”: At the Hero’s Bier13:14
4Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major “Banéret”: Towards New Beginnings9:10
5Suite “I somras”: The Mountain5:48
6Suite “I somras”: The Lake4:28
7Suite “I somras”: Across the Heath6:29
8Suite “I somras”: Squirrel and Wood Pigeon4:29
9Suite “I somras”: The Pine Forest7:14
10Suite “I somras”: The Mountain Stream2:53
Symphony no. 2 / Violin Romance
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:09:40
1Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major »Sunnanfärd«: Becalmed. Andante molto tranquillo - Voyage. Allegro non troppo14:44
2Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major »Sunnanfärd«: The City of Roses. The Procession of Dionysus. Vivace strepitando - In the Temple of Eros. Molto adagio - Symposium moderato. Allegro molto, alla tarantella19:17
3Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major »Sunnanfärd«: Homesickness. Andante, molto tranquillo - For Southerly Winds. Allegro grazioso11:20
4Romance in D minor for Violin and Orchestra12:02
5Orientalisk dans5:13
6Førspel till »Sveagaldrar«7:04
Flowers from Frösö Island
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:03:22
1Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: “Rentrée”2:58
2Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Sommarsång2:20
3Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Lawn tennis1:58
4Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Till rosorna3:26
5Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Gratulation2:53
6Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Vid Frösö kyrka4:08
7Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: I skymningen2:37
8Frösöblomster, Book 1, op. 16: Helsning4:31
9Frösöblomster, Book 2: Solhälsning1:52
10Frösöblomster, Book 2: Jämtland3:37
11Frösöblomster, Book 2: Långt bort i skogarna2:33
12Frösöblomster, Book 2: Vid Larsmess’1:57
13Frösöblomster, Book 2: Vågor mot stranden4:02
14Frösöblomster, Book 2: Minnen4:21
15Frösöblomster, Book 3: Förspel1:45
16Frösöblomster, Book 3: Intåg i Sommarhagen4:12
17Frösöblomster, Book 3: Landskap i aftonsol4:08
18Frösöblomster, Book 3: Folkhumor2:04
19Frösöblomster, Book 3: Vildmarken lockar3:34
20Frösöblomster, Book 3: Under asparna1:56
21Frösöblomster, Book 3: Om många år2:30
Symphony no. 3 / Earina Suite
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:53
1Symphony no. 3 in F minor »Same Ätnam«: Allegro moderato13:07
2Symphony no. 3 in F minor »Same Ätnam«: Moderato8:19
3Symphony no. 3 in F minor »Same Ätnam«: Tranquillo11:08
4Symphony no. 3 in F minor »Same Ätnam«: Moderato9:32
5Earina Suite: Åkallan4:28
6Earina Suite: Blomsteroffret2:07
7Earina Suite: Vapenvigning5:02
8Earina Suite: Lyckorrunor2:37
9Earina Suite: Rapsoden sjunger6:34
10Chorale and Fugue from »Domedagsprofeterna«7:59
The Complete Piano Music, Volume 1
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:42
1En herrskapstrall2:34
2Valse burlesque4:16
3Canzonetta4:03
4Fuga5:08
5Valzerino7:28
6Vikingabalk3:58
7Bröllopsmarsch5:20
8Brudmarsch4:01
9Damernas album: No. 11:48
10Damernas album: No. 23:37
11Damernas album: No. 32:28
12Damernas album: No. 42:16
13Damernas album: No. 53:23
14Damernas album: No. 62:51
15Damernas album: No. 72:46
16Tonmålningar, op. 13: Skogsinteriör6:06
17Tonmålningar, op. 13: Klockringning5:14
18Tonmålningar, op. 13: Marin5:25
Symphony no. 4 "Holmia" / Törnrossagan / Frösöblomster
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:05:38
1Symphony no. 4 in A major »Holmia«: Allegro moderato7:02
2Symphony no. 4 in A major »Holmia«: Andante con moto - Allegro molto - Tempo I6:58
3Symphony no. 4 in A major »Holmia«: Moderato9:14
4Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 1. Junker Kurt möter Lyckan. Moderato, gajo1:30
5Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 2. Prinsessan Rosenkinds födelsedagsfest. Alla marcia, gajo e con pompa4:03
6Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 3. Lyckans spinnvisa. Con moto, non troppo1:42
7Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 4. Törnrosslottet somnar. Lento3:16
8Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 5. Prinsessan Epinée. Graziosa alla minuetto2:52
9Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 6. Vid Kejsar Cadigans hov. Con moto maestoso4:16
10Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 7. På flykt genom natt och skog. Agitato, non troppo moto - moderato3:00
11Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 8. Dagen gyr. Andante0:24
12Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 9. Till Törnrosslottet. Risoluto0:42
13Törnrossagan (Orchestral Suite): 10. Lyckan (Slutapoteos). Moderato3:30
14Frösöblomster Suite no. 1: Sommarsång. Andante con moto2:21
15Frösöblomster Suite no. 1: Vid Frösö kyrka. Lento3:38
15Frösöblomster Suite no. 1: Till rosorna. Moderato poco subito3:34
17Frösöblomster Suite no. 1: Gratulation. Tempo di gavotta, leggiero con grazia3:29
18Frösöblomster Suite no. 1: Hälsning. Semplice e dolce4:07
Frösöblomster
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:03:22
1Frösöblomster: Rentrée3:08
2Frösöblomster: Sommarsång2:16
3Frösöblomster: Lawn Tennis2:15
4Frösöblomster: Till rosorna3:17
5Frösöblomster: Gratulation3:17
6Frösöblomster: Vid Frösö kyrka3:35
7Frösöblomster: I skymningen3:08
8Frösöblomster: Hälsning3:25
9Frösöblomster: Solhälsning2:01
10Frösöblomster: Jämtland3:37
11Frösöblomster: Långt bort i skogarna3:03
12Frösöblomster: Vid Larsmess1:48
13Frösöblomster: Vågor mot stranden4:13
14Frösöblomster: Minnen4:32
15Frösöblomster: Förspel1:44
16Frösöblomster: Intåg i Sommarhagen4:16
17Frösöblomster: Landskap i aftonsol4:02
18Frösöblomster: Folkhumor2:11
19Frösöblomster: Vildmarken lockar3:30
20Frösöblomster: Under asparna2:00
21Frösöblomster: Om många år2:04
The Complete Piano Music, Volume 2
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:11:56
16 Latar (6 Melodies): När rönnen blommar2:39
26 Latar (6 Melodies): Gångtrall1:31
36 Latar (6 Melodies): Vest i fjellom4:00
46 Latar (6 Melodies): Spelman2:40
56 Latar (6 Melodies): Chorus mysticus3:07
66 Latar (6 Melodies): Nachspiel2:08
7Invention à 2 voci0:58
8Glidande skyar5:06
9Stjärngossarna3:24
10Norrlandsk rapsodi10:52
114 Danspoem (4 Dance Poems): Till föredansarna2:10
124 Danspoem (4 Dance Poems): Sommardrömmar3:18
134 Danspoem (4 Dance Poems): Morgonbris2:47
144 Danspoem (4 Dance Poems): Serenad4:15
15I somras: Fjället4:17
16I somras: Sjön4:34
17I somras: Över heden3:28
18I somras: Ekorre och skogsduv3:09
19I somras: Granskogen4:34
20I somras: Fjällbacken2:59
The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:16:28
1Svensk Folkmusik: Dalslandspolska1:13
2Svensk Folkmusik: Sångvals från Ångermanland1:19
3Svensk Folkmusik: Ebba Brahes polska1:31
4Svensk Folkmusik: Gammal sångpolska1:28
5Svensk Folkmusik: Jämtpolska1:48
6Kung Junis intåg3:36
7Färdminnen: På vägen2:30
8Färdminnen: Solregn3:31
9Färdminnen: Herrgårdsfröknarna4:30
10Färdminnen: Fjärrsyn4:51
11Färdminnen: Förbi3:49
12Earina (Spring): Åkallan3:43
13Earina (Spring): Blomsteroffret2:03
14Earina (Spring): Vapenvigning5:06
15Earina (Spring): Tempelceremoni6:17
16Earina (Spring): Rapsoden sjunger6:28
17Earina (Spring): Lyckorunor2:37
18Earina (Spring): Löfte6:04
19Tre albumsblad i dansform: No. 1, Menuett3:22
20Tre albumsblad i dansform: No. 2, Gavott2:54
21Tre albumsblad i dansform: No. 3, Vals5:05
22September2:43
The Complete Piano Music, Volume 4
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:18:38
1Italiana: Solhymn4:21
2Italiana: Vision antique: Dansande nymf2:32
3Italiana: Vision antique: Evoe Bacche!2:32
4Italiana: Villa d'Este4:48
5Italiana: Sorrentinsk serenad4:49
63 Nya dans-poem (3 New Dance Poems): När mor var ung2:42
73 Nya dans-poem (3 New Dance Poems): På gräset under lindarna3:43
83 Nya dans-poem (3 New Dance Poems): Livets danslek3:38
93 Tondikter (3 Tone Poems): Lycka4:50
103 Tondikter (3 Tone Poems): No. 2. In memoriam3:32
113 Tondikter (3 Tone Poems): Amerikansk dans2:48
12Solitudo: I. Glam2:02
13Solitudo: II. Ungkarlsvalsen2:47
14Solitudo: III. Bukolikon3:14
15Solitudo: IV. Tonfilm, barntillåten2:02
16Solitudo: V. Gatan3:41
17Anakreontika I: I. Till lyran3:50
18Anakreontika I: II. Till duvan1:30
19Anakreontika I: III. Drömtydning4:30
20Anakreontika II: I. Oraklet2:42
21Anakreontika II: II. Flöjtspel på Peneios3:08
22Anakreontika II: III. Till Eros5:18
23Anakreontika II: IV. Anakreons dans3:39
Symphony no. 5 "Solitudo" / Violin Concerto
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:02:46
1Symphony no. 5 in B minor »Solitudo«: Con moto tranquillo9:26
2Symphony no. 5 in B minor »Solitudo«: Scherzando vivo, delicatissimo - Allegro moderato5:11
3Symphony no. 5 in B minor »Solitudo«: Andante tranquillo - attacca5:43
4Symphony no. 5 in B minor »Solitudo«: Allegro molto - Andante molto tranquillo8:16
5Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor: Allegro moderato, ma appassionato17:53
6Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor: Andante tranquillo e cantabile - attacca8:51
7Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor: Finale: Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco7:26
Sånger för blandad kör a cappella (komplett)
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 59 tracks · 2:01:50
Disc 128 tracks · 59:23
1Tonernes flugt0:58
2Lokkende toner3:57
3Brudeferd i Hardanger3:16
4Till skogsstjärnan1:03
5Sang på vandet2:05
6Vårsång II (Det ljusnar i rymden den klara)0:56
7Guldfågel1:21
8Virgo gloriosa3:22
9Juninatt2:20
10Vårsång I (Du fagra vår som åter ler)1:50
11Fjällvandrarsång1:05
12Näcken3:22
13Kan det tröste1:48
14Skogssång (I skogens vackra pelarsal)2:53
15Ungdomsdröm4:11
16Sommarminne1:42
17Sommaren kommer1:45
18Aften vid fjorden3:41
19Lokkende toner1:22
20Min hu2:30
21Prinsessen2:38
22Herr Olav2:22
23Trollruna1:46
24Bröllopsskruden1:35
25Les compagnons de la Marjolaine1:20
26Maman, à la péche des moules1:01
27Le célèbre menuet d’Exaudet1:55
28Fjäriln vingad1:19
Disc 231 tracks · 1:02:27
1Skovsang0:41
2Anne Knutsdotter2:23
3Visa i folkton3:20
4Sjung, sjung!0:59
5Säg, o minns du i tysta kvällen0:48
6Suomis sång1:59
7Fansång (Hemlandsluften som glider fram)1:23
8Sverige (Sverige, du sköna land!)0:38
9Ingrids vise2:02
10Vårsång III (Våren kom en Valborgsnatt)0:54
11Kornmodsglansen1:23
12Solskinsvise2:23
13Solefallssang2:39
14Säterjäntans søndag5:10
15Stämning (Båten gungar sakta, stilla)2:17
16Hvile i skoven2:18
17Jægeres sang paa fjeldet1:25
18Det står ett ljus I Österland1:59
19Fem dikter ur Arne: No. 1. Arnes sång2:41
20Fem dikter ur Arne: No. 2, Moderns sång1:20
21Fem dikter ur Arne: No. 3. Venenvil1:00
22Fem dikter ur Arne: No. 4. Ingerid Sletten1:11
23Fem dikter ur Arne: No. 5. Trädet2:01
24Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 1. Stemning2:45
25Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 2. I fyrreskoven1:03
26Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 3. Ved havet4:46
27Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 4. På fjeldesti1:42
28Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 5. Vesleblomme2:49
29Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 6. Killebukken1:46
30Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 7. Lokkeleg3:35
31Åtta sånger, Op. 11: No. 8. Dans, ropte Felen1:07
Arnljot
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 53:06
1Förspel Akt I - Arnljots hälsningssång9:38
2Tingsmarschen3:05
3Wainos första sång2:11
4Gunhild och Arnljot: Mötet i vildmarken9:52
5Wainos andra sång3:59
6Arnljots drömsyn5:57
7Tormods kvad3:42
8Arnljots död14:42

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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	20	81.1th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	14	84.5th
Studio albums	14	94th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	16	91.8th
Recording span (years)	-50	6.5th
Genres	5	88.3th

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Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peterson-Berger-portrait.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3217c136-2126-4cd8-9c85-25a6366ace1a
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3217c136-2126-4cd8-9c85-25a6366ace1a
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472602
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472602
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Peterson-Berger
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Peterson-Berger

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Image: Unknown photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q472602 · MusicBrainz: 3217c136-2126-4cd8-9c85-25a6366ace1a

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