The Romantic Opera in Sweden, Vol. 7
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CDO1108

By Anton Ljungqvist, Erik Lundh, Fredrik Zetterstrom, Henrik Schaefer, Karolina Andersson, Mathias Zachariassen, Matilda Paulsson, Per-Hakan Precht, and Symphony Orchestra of Norrkoping. By Wilhelm Stenhammar. Country of Origin: United Kingdom. Classical. CD (3 discs). Published by Naxos (NX.CDO1108).

"By chance, been enaged to a small pupil in Richard Andersson's music school in the autumn of 1891. Her name was Signe. Result: Gillet pa Solhaug. In his autobiogrpahical sketch from the early 1920's, Wilhelm Stenhammar summarizes, in this way, the origin of the opera Gillet pa Solhaug. He was twenty-one years old when he starts the work, but what experience did have have of larger music drama? Stenhammar embraced his inexperience and got to work. One can very well see Stenhammar's Gillet as one of many Nordic endeavors to link the Wagnerian music drama with the national romantic tradition.