Hugo Alfvén’s life 1920-1939
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1920
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With OD in Norway. RNO (Knight of the North Star Order).Midsommarvaka as a ballet in Paris and London (Swedish Ballet, Börlin). Lindagull. Gustaf Vasa. | |
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1921
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Guest conductor in Frankfurt and Helsinki. Elected first conductor wiithin the Swedish Male Choir Association (until 1943).Symphony No. 4 performed twice in Vienna during the autumn. Plans for two operas: Heidenstam’s Eumenides and Selma Lagerlöf’s The Tale of Gösta Berling. | |
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1922
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Conducts performances of the ballet Midsommarvaka in Vienna. 50th birthday celebrated with an Alfvén concert at Skansen in Stockholm. Summer on Capri: takes up painting again. | |
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1923
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Bergakungen (The Mountain King) completed and performed at the Royal Opera. Leads the fourth Swedish Male Choir Festival in Gothenburg comprising 6,500 singers. | |
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1924
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Conducts OD in Helsinki, Copenhagen and Paris. Journey to Italy (until 1925). Cantata for the 50th Anniversary of the World Postal Union. | |
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1925
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Exhibition of his water colours for the first time in Uppsala during the spring. Resigns directorship of OD, but is persuaded to stay. Invited to become a honorary director of the Swedish Choir Association, but declines. En båt med blommor (A Boat with Flowers). | |
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1926
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With OD in Kiel, and with the Swedish Male Choir Association’s elite choir in Lübeck, Berlin, Prague and Vienna. | |
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1927
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Uppsala University Cantata. | |
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1928
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Tours with OD in Denmark, Holland and Belgium and with the Male Choir Association’s Choir in Norrland. OD’s 75th Anniversary.Manhem. | |
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1929
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With OD in Finland, the Baltic States and Spain. Guest conductor at a Festival of Swedish Music in Barcelona. Moves into Musicum, the new director musices building in Uppsala. | |
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1930
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Directs 7,500 singers at the fifth Swedish Male Choir Festival at the Stadium, Stockholm. Allmänna Sången’s 100 year anniversary.Cantata for the Swedish Red Cross, Homage to Humanity. | |
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1931
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OD performs at a Scandinavian Academic Singers’ Meeting in Copenhagen. The residence in Tällberg is sold. Dalarapsodi. | |
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1932
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Music to Ludvig Nordström’s Play “Vi” (We) on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of Gustavus Adolphus. | |
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1933
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Guest conductor in London. | |
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1934
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Music for the film “Synnöve Solbakken”. | |
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1935
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Elected director of the newly-formed Uppsala mixed student choir (until 1938). | |
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1936
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Directs at the sixth Swedish Male Choir Festival in Gothenburg. New ballet on Midsommarvaka (Lalla Cassel). Divorce from Maria, married to Carin Wessberg. | |
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1937
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Emeritus as director musices, but appointed until 1939. Attends the Composer Congress in Paris during the summer. With the Siljan Choir in Norway. | |
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1938
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With the Swedish Male Choir Association’s elite choir in USA. Guest conductor in Philadelphia and Boston, offered the conductorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. | |
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1939
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Final concert with Akademiska Kapellet in Uppsala. Own radio concert in May, broadcast to nine countries. With OD in Norway. Moves to the Sämskar house in Leksand (until 1945). |