
Eduard Brendler (4 November 1800 – 16 August 1831) was a Swedish composer. He was born in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, Germany but his family moved to Sweden when he was only a year old. He died before completing his romantic opera ''
Ryno, or the errant knight'' ("Ryno eller den vandrande riddaren: skådespel med sång i tre akter"), to a libretto by
Bernhard von Beskow, so the opera was completed by his friend and patron the Crown Prince
Oscar, and premiered in 1834.
[Svenska academiens Handlingar - Page 53 Svenska akademien - 1870 "tre akter, benämndt Ryno eller den vandrande riddaren, — en libretto, synnerligen egnad att fängsla en teaterpubliks intresse *). Ungefär midt emellan de begge ofvan an- gifna hufvndskiftena af Beskows litterära verksamhet faller hans.."]
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Swedish composers
Swedish male composers
1800 births
1831 deaths
German emigrants to Sweden
19th-century composers
19th-century male musicians
19th-century musicians
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