Folke Rabe

Folke Rabe (28 October 1935 – 25 September 2017^[1]) was a Swedish composer. He was born in Stockholm and studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where his teachers included Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Ingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti and others.^[2] He died in Stockholm, aged 81.

His works include the electronic

• ISNOT, music dramatic work for radio, text by Björner Torsson (2004–05)

Choral works

• 7 poems by Nils Ferlin for mixed chorus (1958)
• Pièce for speaking chorus, with Lasse O'Månsson (1961)
• Rondes for mixed chorus (also a version for male chorus) (1964)
• OD for male chorus (1965)
• Joe's Harp for mixed chorus (1970)
• Två strofer (Two Stanzas””) for mixed chorus, text by Göran Sonnevi (1980)
• to love for mixed chorus, text by
  E.E. Cummings
  (1984)
• Hövisk pålslagarmadrigal for OD, 150 (”Courteous Piledrivers' Madrigal for O.D., 150”) for male chorus (2003)

Vocal music

• Havets hand 1 and 2 for voice and piano, text by Elmer Diktonius (1958)
• Notturno for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe and clarinet, text by Edith Södergran (1959)
• Två sånger till Rune Lindström på Svenska Flaggans Dag (”Two Songs for Rune Lindström on the Day of the Swedish Flag”) for voice and piano, text by the composer (1964–65)
• SJU 7 – Lättjan ("SEVEN 7 – The Laziness") for tenor solo, mixed chorus, 3 percussionists and string quartet, text by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (2005)

Chamber music

• Suite for two clarinets (1957)
• Divertimento for Solo Clarinet (1958)
• Bolos for 4 trombones, with Jan Bark (1962)
• Impromptu for clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, cello, piano and percussion (1962)
• Souvenirs for speaker, hammond organ and rhythm group (1963)
• Pajazzo for 8 jazz musicians (1964)
• Polonaise for 4 trombones, lighting & movement, with Jan Bark (1966)
• Basta for solo trombone (1982)
• Shazam for trumpet solo (1984)
• Escalations for brass quintet (1988)
• Tintomara for trumpet and trombone (1992)
• Jawbone Five for trombone and 6 percussionists (1996)
• A Chaser for flute, violin, cello and piano (2004)

Music for organ

• Sebastian (2001)

Music for piano

• 7 Variations for Piano (1957–60)
• With Love (1984)

Film music

• Mannen som övergav bilar (”The Man Who Abandoned Cars”), with Ken Dewey (1963–66)
• På månen blåser ingen hambo (”No Hambones on the Moon”), with The Culture Quartet (1971)
• Pank (”Broke”) for trombones and keyboards, with Olle Eriksson (1980)

Electronic music

• ARGH!, electroacoustic music (1965)
• Va?? Was?? What??, electroacoustic music (1967)
• To the Barbender, electroacoustic music (1982)
• Narrskeppet (”Ship of Fools”), intermedia performance (1983)
• Cyclone, electroacoustic music (1985)
• Älskade lilla gris (”Beloved Little Pig”) for narrator, electroacoustic music and slide projections, text by Ulf Nilsson (1986)
• Världsmuséet (”World Museum”), indermedia performance, with The New Culture Quartet (1987)
• Narragonien (”Narragonia”), indermedia performance, with The New Culture Quartet (1990)
• Swinee River, electroacoustic music (2005)

Selected discography

• What?? (1997, Dexter's Cigar 12). Reissued with an added half-speed version, formerly on Wergo.

Sources

• Erickson, Robert (1975). Sound Structure in Music. University of California Press.
  ISBN 0-520-02376-5
  .

External links

• Folke Rabe's homepage Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine