BRASS BAND: Summer Song / Sommarsång Wilhelm Peterson-Berger / Arr. Svein H. Giske

Serie / Series: Brass Band Originals and Transcriptions

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) was a Swedish composer and music critic.
He wrote about music in the paper Dagens Nyheter and was known and respected for his controversial opinions.
Through his writing, Peterson-Berger let out with established composers like Wilhelm Stenhammar, Hugo Alfvèn and Natanel Berg.

As a composer, Peterson-Berger was very influenced by Edvard Grieg and Richard Wagner. Throughout his career as composer, he always tried to unite folk music with art music.
He wrote many larger works, but his most well-known works are those of smaller scale. Especially three collections of solo piano pieces named "Frösoblomster" ("Flowers from Frösö Island") are amoung his most popular. Included in these are both "By the Church of Fröso" and "Summer song".

Around 1910 he had a summer house built at the island Frösö in Jämtland, a house he gave the name "Sommerhagen". The composer lived here permanently the last years of his life.

[NO]Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) var en svensk komponist og musikkritiker.
Som kritiker i avisen Dagnes Nyheter var han kjent for en ganske krass penn.
Han fikk en del fiender på denne måten og la seg ut med datidens etablerte komponister som Wilhelm Stenhammar, Hugo Alfvén och Natanael Berg.

Som komponist var Peterson-Berger var fremfor alt påvirket av Grieg og Wagner og et uttalt mål for ham vår å forene folkemusikk med kunstmusikk.
Han skrev noen større verk, men er fremfor alt kjent for sine stykker i mindre format, spesielt tre samlinger med pianostykker, kalt Frösöblomster. I disse finner vi hans største 'hits', nemlig Vid Frösö kyrka og Sommarsång.

Rundt 1910 fikk han bygd et sommerhus på Frösö i Jämtland, som fikk navnet Sommerhagen.
De siste årene av sitt liv bodde han her permanent.

Aufnahme / Recording:Arctic Funk - Demo Tracks 2020-2021
Alternativer Titel / Alternative Title: Summer Song
Serie / Series: Brass Band Originals and TranscriptionsWilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) was a Swedish composer and music critic.
He wrote about music in the paper Dagens Nyheter and was known and respected for his controversial opinions.
Through his writing, Peterson-Berger let out with established composers like Wilhelm Stenhammar, Hugo Alfvèn and Natanel Berg.

As a composer, Peterson-Berger was very influenced by Edvard Grieg and Richard Wagner. Throughout his career as composer, he always tried to unite folk music with art music.
He wrote many larger works, but his most well-known works are those of smaller scale. Especially three collections of solo piano pieces named 'Frösoblomster' ('Flowers from Frösö Island') are amoung his most popular. Included in these are both 'By the Church of Fröso' and 'Summer song'.

Around 1910 he had a summer house built at the island Frösö in Jämtland, a house he gave the name 'Sommerhagen'. The composer lived here permanently the last years of his life.

[NO]
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) var en svensk komponist og musikkritiker.
Som kritiker i avisen Dagnes Nyheter var han kjent for en ganske krass penn.
Han fikk en del fiender på denne måten og la seg ut med datidens etablerte komponister som Wilhelm Stenhammar, Hugo Alfvén och Natanael Berg.

Som komponist var Peterson-Berger var fremfor alt påvirket av Grieg og Wagner og et uttalt mål for ham vår å forene folkemusikk med kunstmusikk.
Han skrev noen større verk, men er fremfor alt kjent for sine stykker i mindre format, spesielt tre samlinger med pianostykker, kalt Frösöblomster. I disse finner vi hans største 'hits', nemlig Vid Frösö kyrka og Sommarsång.

Rundt 1910 fikk han bygd et sommerhus på Frösö i Jämtland, som fikk navnet Sommerhagen.
De siste årene av sitt liv bodde han her permanent.

Aufgenommen auf CD / Recorded on CD: Arctic Funk - Demo Tracks 2020-2021