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According to The Oxford Companion to Music, Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was Swedish composer who was born in Ullanger and died in Oestersund aged seventy-five. He studied in Sweden and Germany and then devoted himself to writing music in a definitely Swedish idiom dramatic, orchestral, chamber, and vocal. He also took some rank as a poet, served as music critic, translated works of Wagner into Swedish, and directed the Wagner performances at the Stockholm opera house.
Websites:
CCD: Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm Olof (1867-1942) , biography etc.
Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867-1942) , biography and works by naxos.com.
Books:
[§] Wilhelm Peterson-Berger : en bildbiografi by Lennart Hedwall amazon.com amazon.co.uk
[§] Wilhelm Peterson-Berger och dikten by Gèosta Norell amazon.com amazon.co.uk

Recorder Music CDs:
CD tracks/info Scandinavian Moods by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca