Emil Sjögren
1853 — 1918
Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren was a Swedish composer.
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Emil Sjögren, a gifted Swedish organist and lyric composer, studied at the Stockholm Conservatoire before continuing his education in Berlin under Kiel for composition and Haupt for the organ, as recorded in Grove’s Dictionary (1908). He undertook European tours in 1884-85, visiting cities such as Vienna, Munich, Venice, and Paris. A significant period of six months spent in Meran saw him under the deep influence of Lange Müller, which profoundly affected his work, according to Grove’s (1908). Since 1891, Sjögren served as organist at the Johannes-kyrka in Stockholm, where he was also engaged in teaching and composing across various genres, though he had not produced any symphonic works by 1907 (Grove’s, 1908). His music, while possessing a Scandinavian style, also displayed “an infusion of German ideas” and a “warm emotionalism derived from more southern countries,” distinguishing him from composers like Grieg, whose work was “almost exclusively Scandinavian in character” (Grove’s, 1908). Among his well-known compositions are the piano pieces Erotikon, Op. 10, and Novelettes, Op. 14, alongside numerous songs and five violin sonatas, as noted by The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924).