Henrik Karlsson (musicologist)

Henrik Karlsson
Born	Klas Gustaf Henrik Karlsson (1940-06-25) 25 June 1940 (age 84) Jörn, Västerbotten, Sweden

Klas Gustaf Henrik Karlsson (born 25 June 1940) is a Swedish musicologist and author.

Biography

He was editorial secretary of the Sohlman Dictionary of Music between 1972–1978 and defended his thesis in 1988 at the University of Gothenburg.^[1] On 11 May 1993, he was elected 887th member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and was its research officer since 1991.^[2] In 2013, he published a biography books about Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, one of the most famous Swedish national romantic composers.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Publications

• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: tondiktare och kritiker (2013)

References

1. Karlsson, Henrik (1988). O, ädle svensk!: Biskop Thomas' frihetssång i musik och politik. Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie 59 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Music. ISBN 91-85428-55-8.
2. Elmquist, Anne-Marie; Nyström, Pia (1996). Kungl. Musikaliska akademien: Matrikel, 1771-1995. Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie 84 (in Swedish) (2nd revised ed.). Royal Swedish Academy of Music. ISBN 91-85428-99-X.
3. Hultman, Bengt (15 May 2013). "Mannen och psyket bakom musiken". Västerbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
4. "Välmatat om den osannolike operafiguren Peterson-Berger". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). 26 August 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
5. "Den milde -idyllikern rasade i spalterna". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
6. "Henrik först med att skildra Peterson-Berger i helfigur". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
7. Karlsson, Henrik (8 August 2014). "Kompositören Wilhelm Peterson-Berger i ny belysning". Svensk Tidskrift (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
8. Rosengren, Henrik (1 December 2016). "Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Tondiktare och kritiker". Swedish Journal of Music Research (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2024.