Swedish Music: The Best of Instrumental

Looking for some good Swedish music to listen to? Check out this list of some of the best instrumental songs from Sweden!

Swedish Music

Swedish music has a long and rich history, dating back centuries. In more recent years, Swedish music has become more popular on a global scale. Swedish music is often characterized by its use of traditional instruments, such as the fiddle and the accordion. Swedish music is also known for its beautiful melodies and harmonies.

Classical Music

Swedish music is a genre that encompasses all types of music written and performed by people from Sweden. It includes traditional Swedish folk music, as well as more modern genres such as pop, rock, jazz, and classical music.

Sweden is home to a number of famous composers and musicians, including ABBA, Benny Andersson, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Ace of Base. Swedish music has also been influenced by a variety of other genres, including Finnish tango and Swedish hip hop.

Sweden has a long history of classical music, with some of the first known examples dating back to the 13th century. Many famous composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, wrote music that was influenced by Swedish folk tunes. In the 19th century, composer Jean Sibelius became one of the most important figures in Swedish classical music.

During the 20th century, a number of Swedish musicians began experimenting with more modern genres of music. In the 1950s and 1960s, jazz musicians such as Jan Johansson and Esbjörn Svensson became popular in Sweden. In the 1970s and 1980s, rock bands such as Europe and Roxette achieved international success. More recently, artists such as Avicii and Robyn have found success with electronic dance music.

Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a form of art music after fusion with European classical music traditions.

During the jazz age (1920s–1930s), jazz spread from the United States to other parts of the world, especially in Europe and Latin America. It became increasingly popular and gained international status. By the 1960s, many subgenres had acquired their own identities, such as acid jazz and Latin jazz.

Today, jazz is widely recognized as a major form of musical expression. It has played a significant role in the development of Western music and has influenced other genres, including rock, rhythm and blues, pop, soul, and hip hop.

Pop

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms “popular music” and “pop music” are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many different styles. Pop Music usually has a catchy melody and a simple, repeated chorus.

The Best of Instrumental

Instrumental music has been around for centuries, and it’s no surprise that some of the best music has come from Sweden. From jazz to classical, there are a variety of genres to choose from. And, with so many different artists to choose from, you’re sure to find something you’ll love.

Bach

Bach is one of the most important and influential composers in the history of Western music. His works for keyboard, orchestra, and voice helped to shape the Baroque period in music and he is considered one of the greatest composers of all time. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, in 1685, and his father was a town musician. He received his first musical training from his father and went on to study at the St. Michael’s School in Luneburg. Bach began working as a court musician in Weimar in 1703 and then served as Kapellmeister (music director) at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen from 1717 to 1723. In Cothen, Bach had access to a large musical library and was able to study works by a variety of composers, including the Italian masters Antonio Vivaldi and Arcangelo Corelli.

Bach’s first wife, Maria Barbara Bach, died in 1720, and Bach married Anna Magdalena Wilcke two years later. Anna Magdalena was a singer and accomplished musician herself, and she bore Bach 13 children (several of whom died in infancy). Bach composed a great deal of music for his wife and often included her name in the titles of his works (e.g., the Anna Magdalena Notebook).

In 1723, Bach was appointed Konzertmeister (concertmaster) at the court of Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar, where he composed a number of works for solo instruments and orchestra. He also began work on his set of Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), which he dedicated to Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar. In 1733, Bach’s employer died suddenly, and Bach took a position as cantor (choirmaster) at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where he would remain for the rest of his life. As cantor at St Thomas Church, Bach composed choral works for use in church services as well as instrumental pieces such as The Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846-893), a set of keyboard pieces that are among his best-known works today.

Bach’s health began to decline in the early 1740s and he became increasingly blind during this time. Nevertheless, he continued to compose until his death on July 28, 1750. At his funeral service four days later at St Thomas Church, only two of his compositions were performed: an organ prelude by one of his sons and “Jesus Christus unser Heiland,” a chorale setting by another son that is now commonly known as “Jesu bleibet meine Freude” (“Jesus Remain My Joy”).

Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, who is arguably the defining figure in the history of Western music. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. The “early” period is typically seen to last until 1802, the “middle” period from 1802 to 1812, and the “late” period from 1812 to his death in 1827. Although Beethoven composed music for a variety of genre, he is best known for his symphonies, concertos, piano sonatas, string quartets.

Beethoven’s personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life when he was unable to hear.

Brahms

Brahms is often referred to as the “Germanic” composer, in contrast to the ” Slavic” compositions of Antonín Dvořák and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Brahms’ style is often considered to be closer to that of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Haydn, than to that of the early Romantic composers such as Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt. Brahms believed that music should be for everyone to enjoy and not just for the elite.