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Tor Aulin (10 September 1866,
Recording
Four Watercolors, Op. 15 — Gregory Maytan, violin; Adam Bowles, piano
Luna Nova New Music Ensemble
1866 births 1914 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical violinists 19th-century conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians Concertmasters Male classical violinists Musicians from Stockholm Romantic composers Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni Swedish classical composers Swedish classical violinists Swedish conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Swedish male classical composers {{Sweden-composer-stub
Tor Aulin (10 September 1866, Stockholm
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Р1 March 1914, Saltsj̦baden) was a Swedish
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violinist, conductor and composer.
Biography
Aulin studied music at theRoyal College of Music in Stockholm
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm ( sv, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was ma ...
(1877-1883) under Carl Johan Lindberg and then in the Conservatory of Berlin (1884-1886) with Émile Sauret and Philipp Scharwenka. From 1889 to 1892 Aulin served as concertmaster of the Royal Swedish Opera
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Location and environment
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in Stockholm. He went on to conduct the principal symphony orchestras of Stockholm and Gothenburg
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. In 1887 he formed the Aulin Quartet, the first full-time professional quartet in Sweden. It gained an excellent reputation. It disbanded in 1912. Along with Wilhelm Stenhammar
Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (February 7, 1871 – November 20, 1927) was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.
Biography
Stenhammar was born in Stockholm and was the brother of architect Ernst Stenhammar. He received his first musical ed ...
, Aulin spearheaded a revival in interest in the work of Franz Berwald, and as soloist he premiered some of Stenhammar's works for violin and orchestra.
Aulin composed a number of orchestral and chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
works, including a violin sonata, three violin concertos, an orchestral suite, and many small pieces for the violin.
His sister, Laura Valborg Aulin
Laura Valborg Aulin (9 January 1860 – 13 March 1928) was a Swedish pianist and composer. Aulin's String Quartet in E minor, Op. 17 and String Quartet in F minor are the most important Swedish music compositions in that genre from the 1880s.
Li ...
(1860-1928), was a pianist and composer whose output included two string quartets, in F major and E minor, among other works.
List of compositions
With opus number
*Violin Concerto Nº. 2, Opus 11 (exists in two versions) *Violin Concerto Nº. 3, Opus 14 *4 Aqvareller, Opus 15 *4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Opus 16 *Midsummer Dance for Violin & Piano, Opus 18 *Lyric Poe for Violin & Piano, Opus 21 *Master Olof, Opus 22 (1908) *Gotländska danser, Opus 23 *Swedish Dances for Violin & Piano, Opus 30 *4 Schwedische Tänze, Opus 32Without opus number
*Albumblatt *Little Suite for Violin & Piano *Polka characteristique *4 Serbian Folksongs *WiegenliedReferences
External links
*Recording
Four Watercolors, Op. 15 — Gregory Maytan, violin; Adam Bowles, piano
Luna Nova New Music Ensemble
1866 births 1914 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical violinists 19th-century conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians Concertmasters Male classical violinists Musicians from Stockholm Romantic composers Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni Swedish classical composers Swedish classical violinists Swedish conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Swedish male classical composers {{Sweden-composer-stub