David Åhlén

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David Marcus Åhlén (born July 29, 1885 in Helgesta, Södermanland County in Sweden , † August 21, 1969 in Täby in Sweden) was a Swedish cantor , organist , choir director , music teacher and conductor .

Life

David Åhlén's parents were the organist and elementary school teacher Lars Åhlén and his wife Sofia Kindmark. David studied at the Conservatory of Music in Stockholm from 1901 to 1907 . He passed his organ exam in 1903, the piano tuning exam in 1904 and the exam in church singing and as a music teacher in 1907. His piano teacher was Lennart Arvid Lundberg . His lecturer in counterpoint and composition was Ernst Henrik Ellberg . From 1907 to 1909 he was the organist in Djursholm . From 1909 to 1912 he taught at the Ateneum Volsschullehrerseminar . From 1910 to 1920 he was a singing teacher at the Engelbrechtsvolksschule and from 1913 to 1917 organist and cantor at the church in the Hjorthagen district of Stockholm. From 1917 to 1956 he was cantor and choirmaster at Engelbrechtskirche in Stockholm. From 1940 to 1953 he taught choral singing and choral conducting at the Royal Music Academy . He also directed the academy's choir, in which Birgit Nilsson sang during her studies. One of his students was Eric Ericson . His grave is in the churchyard of Helgesta, south of Sparreholm. He had been a member of the Royal Music Academy with membership number 618 since May 28, 1937.

Waldemar Åhlén , his brother, was the composer of the Sommarpsalm . In his childhood he was taught piano and organ as well as harmony by David Åhlén.

Recordings

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Matteus Passions . Church choir of Engelbrektskyrka Stockholm. Members of the Musikaliska Sällskapet. Members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm. Director: David Åhlén. Recorded in Swedish in 1956. Published by Caprice CAP22025, 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Åhlén, David Marcus . In: Göran Lindblad (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1925 . 7th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1924, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 843 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  2. ^ Birgit Nilsson: La Nilsson: My Life in Opera . Northeastern University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-55553-859-0 ( books.google.de [accessed August 23, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Anders Dillmar: Waldemar Åhléns Sommarpsalm. (No longer available online.) 2007, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 7, 2018 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.comhem.se
personal data
SURNAME Åhlén, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Åhlén, David Marcus (full name); Aahlen, David; Ahlen, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cantor, organist, choir director, music teacher and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Helgesta, Södermanland County , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1969
Place of death Täby , Sweden