Lille Bror Söderlundh

Lille Bror Söderlundh

Lille Bror Söderlundh 1940
Background information
Birth name Bror Axel Söderlundh
Born (1912-05-21)21 May 1912
Kristinehamn, Sweden
Died 23 August 1957(1957-08-23) (aged 45)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s) Composer, singer

Bror Axel (Lille Bror) Söderlundh (21 May 1912 – 23 August 1957) was a Swedish composer and singer. He composed music for many Swedish films. He also wrote classical music, including the Concertino for Oboe and Strings which has been performed by the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.[1]

He was born in 1912 in Kristinehamn. In 1929 he moved to Stockholm and studied violin.

In 1940, he worked on the anti-nazi satire performance of Den ökända hästen från Troja (The Notorious Horse from Troy) with Karl Gerhard.[2]

He married Lisbet Jobs and they had a son.

Selected works

Opera

Orchestra

Concertante

Chamber music

Piano

Choral

Vocal

Film scores

Year Original title English title Notes
1939 Frun tillhanda
1942 Himlaspelet The Heavenly Play directed by Alf Sjöberg
1943 Livet måste levas
1944 Kejsarn av Portugallien directed by Gustaf Molander
1945 Jagad directed by Bengt Palm
Tre söner gick till flyget directed by Rolf Husberg
Vandring med månen Wandering with the Moon directed by Hasse Ekman
13 stolar Thirteen Chairs
1946 I dödens väntrum Waiting Room for Death directed by Hasse Ekman
1947 Tant Grön, Tant Brun och Tant Gredelin Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lilac
1949 Smeder på luffen Vagabond Blacksmiths directed by Hampe Faustman
Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
1950 När kärleken kom till byn
1952 Mot framtiden directed by Rune Lindström
1953 Vägen till Klockrike directed by Gunnar Skoglund
Vi tre debutera We Three Debutantes
1954 Storm över Tjurö
I rök och dans directed by Yngve Gamlin and Bengt Blomgren
Karin Månsdotter directed by Alf Sjöberg
Ung man söker sällskap
1955 Sista ringen
Luffaren och Rasmus Rasmus and the Vagabond after the book by Astrid Lindgren, directed by Rolf Husberg
1957 En drömmares vandring
Far till sol och vår directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren
1959 Midsommardröm i fattighuset made for TV

Notes and references

  1. "A Swedish Serenade". Esa-Pekka Salonen. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. "Lille Bror Söderlundh" (in Swedish). Enn Kokk. 25 February 2009.

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