Ida Moberg facts for kids
Ida Georgina Moberg (13 February 1859 – 2 August 1947) was a Finnish composer and conductor. She was born in Helsinki, and took piano and singing lessons as a child.
She studied theory and composition from 1883-1884 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Later, she studied counterpoint under Richard Faltin and composition at the Helsinki Philharmonic Society's Orchestra School under Jean Sibelius. She studied composition from 1901–1905 under Felix Draeseke at Dresden Conservatory, and studied the Dalcroze method of improvisation in Berlin from 1911 to 1912.
After her education, Moberg worked as a composer, conductor, and teacher at the Helsinki Music Institute from 1914–1916.
Selected works
| Title | Date | Instrumentation |
|---|---|---|
| Symphony | 1905 | Orchestra (lost) |
| Kalevala fantasy | n/a | Orchestra (lost) |
| Awaken / Vaknen! |
1900? | Male choir and orchestra |
| Before the struggle / Före striden |
n/a | Choir and strings |
| Life’s struggle / Lifskamp |
n/a | Male choir and orchestra |
| Amor mortis | n/a | Voice and organ |
| Asiens ljus | 1910–1945 | Opera (unfinished) |
| Ex Deo nascitur | n/a | Voice and organ (lost) |
| Night of the tyrant / Tyrannens natt |
1909 | Choir and strings |
| Sunrise, suite for orchestra | 1909 | Orchestra |
| Silence / Hiljaisuus |
n/a | Orchestra |
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