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{{Short description|20th century American violinist and conductor}}
[[File:EbbaSundstrom1920.tif|thumb|Ebba Sundstrom, from an advertisement in a 1920 publication.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0PM6AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA14-PA38&ots=GdckZSdGjH&dq=Ebba%20Sundstrom&pg=RA14-PA38#v=onepage&q=Ebba%20Sundstrom&f=false "Ebba Sundstrom's Successful Debut"] ''Musical Courier'' (November 3, 1921): 38.]]
'''Ebba Sundstrom Nylander''' (February 26, 1896 — January 5, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor, director of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago in the 1930s. She may have been the first American-born woman to conduct a full symphony orchestra.<ref name="Rare">Ruth de Young, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094123/ebba_sundstrom_1935/ "Ebba Sundstrom: A Musical Figure of Rare Quality"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (December 8, 1935): 98. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
[[File:EbbaSundstrom1920.tif|thumb|Ebba Sundstrom, from an advertisement in a 1920 publication.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0PM6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ebba+Sundstrom&pg=RA14-PA38 "Ebba Sundstrom's Successful Debut"] ''Musical Courier'' (November 3, 1921): 38.</ref>]]
'''Ebba Sundstrom Nylander''' (February 26, 1896 — January 5, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor, director of the [[Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago]] in the 1930s. She may have been the first American-born woman to conduct a full symphony orchestra.<ref name="Rare">Ruth de Young, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094123/ebba_sundstrom_1935/ "Ebba Sundstrom: A Musical Figure of Rare Quality"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (December 8, 1935): 98. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Ebba Sundstrom was born in [[Lindsborg, Kansas]]. Both of her parents were musical, as founders of Lindsborg's Bethany Oratorio Society. She learned piano and violin as a child, and began performing for audiences and teaching violin when she was still a young teenager. She studied at the Minneapolis School of Music under Richard Czerwonky.<ref name="Rare" />
Ebba Sundstrom was born in [[Lindsborg, Kansas]], a settlement of Swedish-immigrant farmers where her father was a carpenter.<ref>Irene Steyskal, [https://search-proquest-com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/news/docview/181851362/35A404B64C7F4422PQ/1 "A Prairie Girl Hitches Wagon to Music Star"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (July 19, 1936): NW1.</ref> Both of her parents were musical, as founders of Lindsborg's Bethany Oratorio Society. She learned piano and violin as a child, and began performing for audiences and teaching violin when she was still a young teenager. She studied at the Minneapolis School of Music under Richard Czerwonky.<ref name="Rare" />


==Career==
==Career==
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sundstrom maintained a busy performing schedule, regularly appearing on stages in Chicago and Minneapolis, and in live radio concerts.<ref>Edward Moore, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090517/ebba_sundstrom_1921/ "Ebba Sundstrom Plays a Recital"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (October 28, 1921): 19. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref><ref>Elmer Douglass, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090588/ebba_sundstrom_on_radio_1927/ "Violin Recital, Group of Songs, Delight Elmer"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (July 27, 1927): 14. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She also taught violin at the [[Bush Conservatory of Music]] in Chicago.<ref>[http://flps.newberry.org/article/5423404_2_1196 "Ebba Sundstrom Becomes Orchestra Leader"] ''Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter'' (September 25, 1929).</ref> In 1929, she took over from [[Ethel Leginska]] the director position with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090597/chicago_tribune/ "Leads Orchestra"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (September 22, 1929): 11. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> After seven seasons conducting the orchestra, she took leave in 1937 for "study and travel".<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094287/ebba_sundstrom_1937/ "Ebba Sundstrom Requests Leave from Orchestra"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (May 15, 1937): 13. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref><ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094378/ebba_sundstrom_1937/ "Bon Voyage, Ebba!"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (August 22, 1937): 59. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She did not return to the conductor's post, but by 1941 was teaching at [[North Park College]],<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094585/ebba_sundstrom_1941/ "Season's Work Opens for More Women's Clubs"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (October 12, 1941): 131. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and conducting the school's orchestra,<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094724/ebba_sundstrom_1944/ "Our Town"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (April 16, 1944): 118. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> until she resigned from North Park in 1951.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094816/ebba_sunstrom_1951/ "New Dormitory will be Ready at North Park"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (September 23, 1951): 193. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sundstrom maintained a busy performing schedule, regularly appearing on stages in Chicago and Minneapolis, and in live radio concerts.<ref>Edward Moore, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090517/ebba_sundstrom_1921/ "Ebba Sundstrom Plays a Recital"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (October 28, 1921): 19. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref><ref>Elmer Douglass, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090588/ebba_sundstrom_on_radio_1927/ "Violin Recital, Group of Songs, Delight Elmer"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (July 27, 1927): 14. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She also taught violin at the [[Bush Conservatory of Music]] in Chicago.<ref>[http://flps.newberry.org/article/5423404_2_1196 "Ebba Sundstrom Becomes Orchestra Leader"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222540/http://flps.newberry.org/article/5423404_2_1196 |date=2017-09-30 }} ''Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter'' (September 25, 1929).</ref> In 1929, she took over from [[Ethel Leginska]] the director position with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090597/chicago_tribune/ "Leads Orchestra"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (September 22, 1929): 11. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> After seven seasons conducting the orchestra,<ref>[https://search-proquest-com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/news/docview/164494666/35A404B64C7F4422PQ/46 "Blonde Wields Baton into Tenth Year"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (December 11, 1935): 10.</ref> she took leave in 1937 for "study and travel".<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094287/ebba_sundstrom_1937/ "Ebba Sundstrom Requests Leave from Orchestra"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (May 15, 1937): 13. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref><ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094378/ebba_sundstrom_1937/ "Bon Voyage, Ebba!"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (August 22, 1937): 59. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She did not return to the conductor's post, but by 1941 was teaching at [[North Park College]],<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094585/ebba_sundstrom_1941/ "Season's Work Opens for More Women's Clubs"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (October 12, 1941): 131. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and conducting the school's orchestra,<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094724/ebba_sundstrom_1944/ "Our Town"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (April 16, 1944): 118. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> until she resigned from North Park in 1951.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094816/ebba_sunstrom_1951/ "New Dormitory will be Ready at North Park"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (September 23, 1951): 193. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


Sundstrom often played with and for Swedish-American cultural groups, including the United Swedish Singers of Chicago,<ref>Ruth Miller, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090498/ebba_sundstrom_1920/ "Swedish Singers Commemorate the Birth of Jenny Lind"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (October 12, 1920): 21. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> The Swedish Old People's Home Society,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6GhFAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA13-PA18&ots=NnnX15gOMc&dq=Ebba%20Sundstrom&pg=RA5-PA16#v=onepage&q=Ebba%20Sundstrom&f=false "Ebba Sundstrom"] ''Music News'' (February 10, 1922): 16.</ref> and the American Daughters of Sweden.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094504/daughters_of_sweden_1938/ "The Daughters of Sweden Sponsoring Two Major Events"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (June 19, 1938): 55. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was one of the first members of [[Altrusa]] in Chicago, and appeared on Altrusa programs as a presenter.<ref>Ruth de Young, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090694/ebba_sundstrom_1933/ "Tea, Musical Scheduled for Altrusa Club"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (March 26, 1933): 76. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was president of the Women's Music Club.<ref>Edward Moore, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094008/womens_music_club_chicago_1935/ "Amateurs Play Vital Part in Civic Culture"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (May 12, 1935): 63. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
Sundstrom often played with and for Swedish-American cultural groups, including the United Swedish Singers of Chicago,<ref>Ruth Miller, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090498/ebba_sundstrom_1920/ "Swedish Singers Commemorate the Birth of Jenny Lind"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (October 12, 1920): 21. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> The Swedish Old People's Home Society,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6GhFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ebba+Sundstrom&pg=RA5-PA16 "Ebba Sundstrom"] ''Music News'' (February 10, 1922): 16.</ref> and the American Daughters of Sweden.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094504/daughters_of_sweden_1938/ "The Daughters of Sweden Sponsoring Two Major Events"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (June 19, 1938): 55. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was one of the first members of [[Altrusa]] in Chicago, and appeared on Altrusa programs as a presenter.<ref>Ruth de Young, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090694/ebba_sundstrom_1933/ "Tea, Musical Scheduled for Altrusa Club"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (March 26, 1933): 76. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was president of the Women's Music Club.<ref>Edward Moore, [http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094008/womens_music_club_chicago_1935/ "Amateurs Play Vital Part in Civic Culture"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (May 12, 1935): 63. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ebba Sundstrom married Victor T. Nylander, a dentist who taught at the [[University of Illinois]] from 1920 to 1937.<ref name="Nylander">[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094898/victor_nylander_obit/ "Dr. Victor T. Nylander"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (January 12, 1962): 14. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> They had a son, Reinhold Nylander, born in 1930.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090630/ebba_sundstrom_1930/ "Woman Orchestra Leader Now Trains Baby's Voice"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (December 16, 1930): 20. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was widowed when Victor died in 1962.<ref name="Nylander" /> Ebba Sundstrom Nylander died in 1963, aged 66 years.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094948/ebba_sundstrom_obit_1963/ "Mrs. Nylander Dies; Founder of Orchestra"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (January 6, 1963): 194. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
Ebba Sundstrom married Victor T. Nylander, a dentist who taught at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] from 1920 to 1937.<ref name="Nylander">[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094898/victor_nylander_obit/ "Dr. Victor T. Nylander"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (January 12, 1962): 14. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> They had a son, Reinhold Nylander, born in 1930.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14090630/ebba_sundstrom_1930/ "Woman Orchestra Leader Now Trains Baby's Voice"] ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (December 16, 1930): 20. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She was widowed when Victor died in 1962.<ref name="Nylander" /> Ebba Sundstrom Nylander died in 1963, aged 66 years.<ref>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/14094948/ebba_sundstrom_obit_1963/ "Mrs. Nylander Dies; Founder of Orchestra"] ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' (January 6, 1963): 194. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:27, 22 February 2024

Ebba Sundstrom, from an advertisement in a 1920 publication.[1]

Ebba Sundstrom Nylander (February 26, 1896 — January 5, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor, director of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago in the 1930s. She may have been the first American-born woman to conduct a full symphony orchestra.[2]

Early life[edit]

Ebba Sundstrom was born in Lindsborg, Kansas, a settlement of Swedish-immigrant farmers where her father was a carpenter.[3] Both of her parents were musical, as founders of Lindsborg's Bethany Oratorio Society. She learned piano and violin as a child, and began performing for audiences and teaching violin when she was still a young teenager. She studied at the Minneapolis School of Music under Richard Czerwonky.[2]

Career[edit]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Sundstrom maintained a busy performing schedule, regularly appearing on stages in Chicago and Minneapolis, and in live radio concerts.[4][5] She also taught violin at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago.[6] In 1929, she took over from Ethel Leginska the director position with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.[7] After seven seasons conducting the orchestra,[8] she took leave in 1937 for "study and travel".[9][10] She did not return to the conductor's post, but by 1941 was teaching at North Park College,[11] and conducting the school's orchestra,[12] until she resigned from North Park in 1951.[13]

Sundstrom often played with and for Swedish-American cultural groups, including the United Swedish Singers of Chicago,[14] The Swedish Old People's Home Society,[15] and the American Daughters of Sweden.[16] She was one of the first members of Altrusa in Chicago, and appeared on Altrusa programs as a presenter.[17] She was president of the Women's Music Club.[18]

Personal life[edit]

Ebba Sundstrom married Victor T. Nylander, a dentist who taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1920 to 1937.[19] They had a son, Reinhold Nylander, born in 1930.[20] She was widowed when Victor died in 1962.[19] Ebba Sundstrom Nylander died in 1963, aged 66 years.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom's Successful Debut" Musical Courier (November 3, 1921): 38.
  2. ^ a b Ruth de Young, "Ebba Sundstrom: A Musical Figure of Rare Quality" Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 8, 1935): 98. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  3. ^ Irene Steyskal, "A Prairie Girl Hitches Wagon to Music Star" Chicago Daily Tribune (July 19, 1936): NW1.
  4. ^ Edward Moore, "Ebba Sundstrom Plays a Recital" Chicago Daily Tribune (October 28, 1921): 19. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  5. ^ Elmer Douglass, "Violin Recital, Group of Songs, Delight Elmer" Chicago Daily Tribune (July 27, 1927): 14. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  6. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom Becomes Orchestra Leader" Archived 2017-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter (September 25, 1929).
  7. ^ "Leads Orchestra" Chicago Daily Tribune (September 22, 1929): 11. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  8. ^ "Blonde Wields Baton into Tenth Year" Los Angeles Times (December 11, 1935): 10.
  9. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom Requests Leave from Orchestra" Chicago Daily Tribune (May 15, 1937): 13. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  10. ^ "Bon Voyage, Ebba!" Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 22, 1937): 59. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  11. ^ "Season's Work Opens for More Women's Clubs" Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 12, 1941): 131. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  12. ^ "Our Town" Chicago Sunday Tribune (April 16, 1944): 118. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  13. ^ "New Dormitory will be Ready at North Park" Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 23, 1951): 193. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  14. ^ Ruth Miller, "Swedish Singers Commemorate the Birth of Jenny Lind" Chicago Daily Tribune (October 12, 1920): 21. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  15. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom" Music News (February 10, 1922): 16.
  16. ^ "The Daughters of Sweden Sponsoring Two Major Events" Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 19, 1938): 55. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  17. ^ Ruth de Young, "Tea, Musical Scheduled for Altrusa Club" Chicago Daily Tribune (March 26, 1933): 76. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  18. ^ Edward Moore, "Amateurs Play Vital Part in Civic Culture" Chicago Daily Tribune (May 12, 1935): 63. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  19. ^ a b "Dr. Victor T. Nylander" Chicago Daily Tribune (January 12, 1962): 14. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  20. ^ "Woman Orchestra Leader Now Trains Baby's Voice" Chicago Daily Tribune (December 16, 1930): 20. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  21. ^ "Mrs. Nylander Dies; Founder of Orchestra" Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 6, 1963): 194. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
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