Johan Fredrik Berwald

Johan Fredrik Berwald (* 4. December 1787 in Stockholm; † 26. August 1861 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer.

The cousin of Franz Berwald is considered as beside this most important composer the family Berwald, which brought musicians and composers out over several generations. It lived as a traveler violin virtuoso. 1803 to 1812 it worked in sank Petersburg, last as a concert master of the imperial yard chapel. Since 1815 he was concert master and since 1823 Hofkapellmeister in Stockholm. It composed Operetten and Vaudevilles, caper quartets and Violinkonzerte, a string quintet, orchestra works, Violinsonaten, Kantaten and romances.

works

  • L'Héroine de l'amour branch, Operette, to 1811
  • Nya garrisons, Vaudeville,
  • rock home hussar, Vaudeville, 1832
  • national Divertissement, 1843
  • EN majdag i be-end, Singspiel, 1843


 

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