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Article: Culture: Acclaimed Nordic composers recognised in print; Christopher Morley finds much to admire in a new book about the contemporary Nordic music scene.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2003
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Byline: Christopher Morley
It is not so very long ago that the only Nordic composers whose music was regularly performed in this country were Grieg and Sibelius.
Nielsen has been a welcome addition to this list over the last few decades, ensuring Danish representation alongside Norway and Finland (the sadly undervalued Berwald has never quite succeeded in establishing his native Sweden in our consciousness).
But in recent years there has been an explosion of interest in ...