Romantic · Swedish

Emil Sjögren

1853 to 1918

Swedish Romantic

Repertoire in dialogue

Portrait of Emil Sjögren
Emil Sjögren, photographie sur carte postale, vers 1900
Image: Photographe inconnu, Wikimedia Commons, domaine public

Born in Stockholm, Emil Sjögren studied at the Stockholm Conservatory and then in Berlin in 1879–1880 with Friedrich Kiel and the organist August Haupt. Organist of the French Reformed Church in Stockholm from 1881, he was appointed to St John’s Church (S:t Johannes) in 1890 or 1891, depending on the source, and remained there until the end of his life. Best known for his songs and violin sonatas, he left for the organ three preludes and fugues and twenty-four Legends; Guilmant gave the first performance of the second prelude and fugue in Paris in 1907.

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The repertoire

Works in the project’s repertoire

3 works.

Repertoire in dialogue

This classification reflects the place of these repertoires within the artistic and educational orientations of the project. It does not constitute a technical indication regarding the design of the instrument.

The sources

Digitised collections

Early editions and manuscripts containing works by this composer, digitised by libraries and available in full.

  • Title page of Master-pieces for the organ: twenty-one organ works selected chiefly from the programs of Alexandre Guilmant (ed. William C. Carl)

    Master-pieces for the organ: twenty-one organ works selected chiefly from the programs of Alexandre Guilmant (ed. William C. Carl)

    New York, G. Schirmer, 1898

    Copy: Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, via Internet Archive

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