Alice Tegnér
Alice Tegnér | |
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Music teacher Organist | |
| Years active | 19th-20th centuries |
| Spouse(s) | Jakob Tegnér (m. 1885) |
Alice Charlotta Tegnér (Swedish: [aˈliːs tɛŋˈneːr];[1] née Sandström; 12 March 1864 – 26 May 1943) was a Swedish music teacher, poet and composer. She is the foremost composer of Swedish children's songs during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.[2]
Background
Born Alice Charlotta Sandström in
Högre lärarinneseminariet) and trained as a teacher. After graduation, she served as governess. Alice Tegnér was a teacher at Djursholms samskola and cantor in Djursholms chapel where Natanael Beskow was a preacher.[3]
In 1885, she married Jakob Tegnér (1851–1926), a lawyer, and later secretary of the Swedish Publishers' Association and editor of Svenska Bokhandelstidningen.[4][5]
Career
Alice Tegnér wrote many well-known children's songs in Swedish, most notably Mors lilla Olle. It was published during 1895 in volume 3 of Sjung med oss, mamma![6]
Tegnér also in such classical genres as chamber and
sonatas. Her songs and compositions were inspired by both folk and art music. Her well-known hymnbook Nu ska vi sjunga, with illustrations by Elsa Beskow, was published in 1943.[7]
Awards
- 1914 Litteris et Artibus
- 1926 member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska akademien)
- 1929 First prize in the magazine Idun tonsättartävling
Selected works
Children's songs
- Asarumsdalen
- Baka kaka
- Borgmästar Munthe
- Bä, bä, vita lamm
- Dansa min docka
- Ekorrn satt i granen"
- Hemåt i regnväder (text: Zacharias Topelius)
- I skogen
- Julbocken
- Kring julgranen
- Lasse liten (text: Zacharias Topelius)
- Marschlek
- Skogsblommorna till barnen (text: Elsa Beskow)
- Sockerbagare
Other songs
- Var är den Vän, som överallt jag söker (text: Johan Olof Wallin)
- Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) (text: Viktor Rydberg)
- Hell, vårt land!
Other works
- Violin Sonata in A Minor
References
- ^ "Vi firar Alice Tegnér". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 13 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Alice Tegnér samlingen (National Library of Sweden)". arken.kb.se. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-33351-598-3.
- ^ Alice Tegnér – via Project Runeberg.
- ^ "Släkten Tegnér". Tegnérs Södra Äng. Archived from the original on 6 June 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "Sampling of Music (The Music Library of Sweden)". www.muslib.se. Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Alice Tegnér at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
- LIBRIS Search Services.
- Sjung med oss, Mamma! – 161 children's songs as NWC, MIDI and PDF files.
