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Swedish Music Information Centre
NEWSLETTER
José González—
with the power to mesmerise
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A LONE MAN WITH A GUITAR. What
might sound, on paper, like just another
troubadour is actually a singer-songwriter
who’s taken the world by storm. Equipped
only with a nylon stringed guitar and a simple
home studio, José González has managed
to gather the voices of international
critics, music-lovers and record buyers into
one grand choir of praise. For González
has that little bit extra, that rare ability to
mesmerise people. His emotional melodies
combine with thought-provoking lyrics and
a powerful stage presence to leave his audiences
virtually defenceless.
And all this is testified by his countless
awards and prizes – the Swedish government’s
Music Export Prize, the European
Border Breaker Award, and a Grammy for
best newcomer amongst them.
José González’s musical career began in
his home town of Göteborg. His Argentinean
father played everything from Latin
American music to the Beatles, and the
young José listened. The family home also
had a guitar, and one day González senior
came home with one volume of Beatles’
music and another of bossa nova classics.
That summer, José sat picking out tunes –
and that was how he learnt the basics.
Shortly afterwards he started to take lessons
in classical guitar, and tried his hand at flamenco,
the characteristic touch and rhythm
of which can be detected today in González’s
own music. In fact, his style can best
be described as a synthesis of all these influences:
bossa nova, Beatles, flamenco and
classical.
GONZÁLEZ USES HIS VOICE as a second
instrument, which he weaves into his guitar
lines on equal terms, neither dominant nor
subordinate. It is this combination of González’s
dextrous, syncopated fingerpicking
and his unobtrusive singing that makes the
result so hypnotic.
González has also made a name for his
highly personal covers of other hits from
artists as diverse as Kylie Minogue and
Swedish duo The Knife. Always, however,
González finds a nerve in the song that he
harnesses and makes all his own. Two of his
seminal interpretations are The Knife’s
“Heartbeats”, in which he transforms a
synth-pop hit to a heartrending lullaby, and
Kylie Minogue’s “Hand on your heart”,
which in González’s hands becomes a profoundly
melancholic ballad.
Welcome to our
completely revised
website!
Do you want to find information about new
sheet music for a specific instrument? Or
read a biography about a composer who
you cannot find about in the reference
books? Are you looking for sheet music for
a hit song from 1953? Do you want to buy
copies of Lars Gullin’s jazz compositions?
Or would you perhaps want to buy folk,
ballad, jazz and classical CDs?
You’ll find the answers to these and
many more questions as you browse
through our website. Information concerning
all styles of Swedish music and the
music for which we retain the rights is
available there. The essence of our business
is in encouraging and promoting more and
frequent performances of Swedish music
through documenting and disseminating
information on such Swedish music.
The Swedish Music Information Centre
is principally financed by copyright revenues,
receiving some governmental support
as well. If you are a composer affiliated
to Stim, you can also apply for travel
allowance. Music publishers affiliated to
Stim can apply for publication and marketing
support directly via our website and via
Stim’s web service, which has also extended
its services.
Once again, I would like to extend a welcome
to you to our website and hope that
you find the information you are looking
for.
Roland Sandberg
Executive Director of the Swedish Music
Information Centre
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ’S COVER of “Heartbeats”
was also what helped to give him his
international break. His career might
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
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This is a list of works recently deposited at the Swedish MIC.
Look for further details at www.mic.stim.se. Copies of the
works are obtainable from the Swedish MIC at SEK 7.00
(minimum price SEK 50)
KEYBOARD
AHLBERG, TOR (1913)
Ballad (jus pax) (2006) pf
ANDERSSON, KJELL
(1937)
Ludo (2005) pf
Threesome (2006) pf
BRÖNDUM, LARS
(1961)
Laocoön : five pieces (1991)
pf
DENERIN, HENRIK
(1978)
Evolution (2005) pf
HALLNÄS, EYVIND
(1937)
Lyrisk svit för orgel i
nygammal stil (2006) org
LINDSTEN, RUNE
(1932)
Canzonetta (2006) org
Humoresk (2006) org
Koral med motiv från
Gagnef (2006) org
STRINGS
BRÖNDUM, LARS
(1961)
Premonitions for contrabass
and electronics (2004)
cb & electronics
GRANDERT, JOHNNY
(1939)
Stråkkvartett nr 12 (2006)
string quartet
HAMMERTH, JOHAN
(1953)
Between strings (2006) vl
JANSSON, GUNNAR
(1944)
Romance (2005) string
quartet
LEVITT, VLADIMIR
(1934)
9 miniatures (2006) string
quartet
Aria (2006) vla
LÖFBERG, MARIA
(1968)
Elements for cello (2006)
vlc & pf
WINDS
ISAKSSON,
MADELEINE (1956)
Les sept vallées (2006) rec
LEVITT, VLADIMIR
(1934)
Souvenir (2003) ob
PERDER, KJELL (1954)
Valve ‘n’ slide (2007)
4trb, tu
SJÖBERG, JOHAN-
MAGNUS (1953)
Juldagspreludium (2006)
tr & org
PERCUSSION
GRAHN, ULF (1942)
Silence behind the veil
(2006) 2perc
HOSSEINI, MANSOOR
(1967)
Confrontation (1994) 2perc
LISSHEIM-BOËTHIUS,
OSKAR (1983)
In God we must (2006)
4perc
ENSEMBLE
BROSTRÖM, TOBIAS
(1978)
Rhythm ‘n’ blues (2006)
-- fl, ob, cl/b-cl, fag, cor,
perc, pf, vl, vla, vlc
DAHLGREN, HANS-
ERIK (1954)
Impromptu (2006)
2vl & 4sax
DEÁK, CSABA (1932)
Trio jubilee (2006) fl, cl, vlc
EYSER, EBERHARD
(1932)
Edda quartet (2006)
unspecified instruments
HOSSEINI, MANSOOR
(1967)
Swedish raga (2007)
cl & vlc
ISAKSSON,
MADELEINE (1956)
Fibres (2004) fl, vla,
10 string-git
LARSON, CHRICHAN
(1956)
Da Mi (2004-05) git & fl
Jacquardismes (2005)
fl, cor i, b-cl, trb, vl, vla
SANDGREN, JOAKIM
(1965)
Instrument contondant
(2006-07)
-- fl, b-cl, trb, pf, vibr,
djembe, vla, vlc, cb
SCHÖNBERG, STIG
GUSTAV (1933)
Spelserenad (2006)
git & accord
WINTER, TOMAS
(1954)
Skördemånad (2006)
fl, a-sax, git, pf, perc
Trinanto (2006) cl, git, vlc
ORCHESTRA
ANDERSSON, KJELL
(1937)
A new opening (2006)
-- 3*3*3*3* 4331 13 0 str
ANDERSSON,
MAGNUS F (1953)
Ice movement (2006)
-- 2*2*22 4231 13 1 str, pf
FRANZÉN, OLOV
(1946)
Concert overture no 2
(2006)
-- 3*3*3*3* 4231 12 0 str
GAMSTORP, GÖRAN
(1957)
Breathings (2006)
-- 3*3*3*3* 4331 14 2 str,
cel
GRIMS-LAND, EBBE
(1915)
Wiener-Poetenwalzer
(1954)
-- 2vl, vla, vlc, cb, pf
HALLNÄS, EYVIND
(1937)
Symfoni nr 12 : sinfonia
frammento (2007)
-- 3*222 4231 12 0 str
JANSSON, GUNNAR
(1944)
So what! (2006)
-- 3*23*2 4331 00 0 str, pf,
pf/cel
LUNDIN, DAG (1943)
Nygammal danssvit (2006)
vlc ensemble
MÅRTENSSON, PER
(1967)
In dubious battle (2006)
-- 2*22*2* 4230 12 0 str
NURULLA-KHOJA,
FARANGIS (1972)
Disegno (2006)
-- 2*22*2* 4230 11 0 str
REHNQVIST, KARIN
(1957)
När jorden sjunger – svit =
When the earth sings – suite
(2005)
-- 2*2*22* 2200 01 1 str
SKÖLD, BENGT-
GÖRAN (1936)
Symfoni nr 2 : Divertimento
(2007)
-- 2222 4220 11 1 str
WIND BAND
EYSER, EBERHARD
(1932)
Preámbulo con Tango (2006)
-- 3*3*5*2 4451 12 0 cb,
7sax, 2cnt, 2bar
CONCERTOS
BYSTRÖM, BRITTA
(1977)
Lyckans land (2006)
vl & orch
-- 2*222 2200 01 0 str
EYSER, EBERHARD
(1932)
Tangobolero (2007) f vl &
chamber orch -- cl, b-cl,
s-sax, a-sax, cor, tu, perc,
vl, vla, vlc, cb
FREDRIKSSON,
LENNART (1952)
Cellokonsert (2006)
-- 22*2*2 3030 12 0 str,
cemb
LARSSON GOTHE,
MATS (1965)
Sombre (2005-06) t-sax &
strings
LUNDIN, DAG (1943)
Concertino (2006)
2fl & 2cor, timp, str
RIDDERSTRÖM, BO
(1937)
Kyrkomusik för 10 : Vågor
(2003) org & 2tr, cor, trb,
2vl, vla, vlc, timp
WINTER, TOMAS
(1954)
Lodjuret : konsert (2006)
2vl & string orch
VOICE
BROSTRÖM, TOBIAS
(1978)
Crimson seas (2007)
A & orch
-- 2*22*2* 4231 12 1 str
EYSER, EBERHARD
(1932)
Pequeño cancionero español
(2007) voice & 1 instr
JANSSON, JOHANNES
(1950)
Hard as stone (2006) S &
orch -- 2222 2220 11 1 str
NILSSON, ANDERS
(1954)
Jordens drömmar gröna
(2006) Bar & orch
-- 2222 2220 11 0 str
SCHÖNBERG, STIG
GUSTAV (1933)
Messa misura op.180d
(2006)
S, T soli & fl, ob, cor, str
WESTMAN,
LENNART (1953)
Heddas kortkortvals i långlång
kjol (2006) voice & pf
ÖJEBO, PÄR (1940)
Rundgången : en årstidsbetraktelse.
1: Sommaren
(2006) recit, solo, unison
choir, string orch
CHOIR
AHLIN, SVEN (1951)
Kom, min älskade (2006)
mixed choir
Missa (2001) mixed choir
EYSER, EBERHARD
(1932)
Cantus avium (2006)
4 choirs with 2b-cl
JANSSON, TORBJÖRN
(1961)
Sehnsucht (2006)
Bar, mixed choir & orch
LIDSTRÖM, JOHN
(1957)
Mörker finns ej mer :
rekviem nr 2 op.41a (2007)
S, T soli, mixed choir &
pf/orch, org
LISSHEIM-BOËTHIUS,
OSKAR (1983)
Comments (2006)
mixed choir
LÖFBERG, MARIA
(1968)
Psaltarrapsodi nr 2 : Herren
är min herde (2006)
SATB, SATB soli, string
quartet, fl, org
STAGE MUSIC
ÖSTERLING,
FREDRIK (1966)
Shit också! : en ung opera i
en akt (2006)
6soli & wind band
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ...
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already have taken off after the release of
the EP “Crosses”, but it was when Sony
Bravia chose his version of “Heartbeats” as
the soundtrack to a popular advert that he
really started to score commercial successes.
All of a sudden, the troubadour from
Göteborg found his name topping the
charts, even making it, against all odds, to
number one in England on the list of most
downloaded ringtones.
Nonetheless, José González is by no
means your everyday singer. Because what
more can be said of someone who opened
for the Dalai Lama and who was handpicked
to play guitar for the superband that
was assembled in honour of Beatles producer
George Martin on his honorary induction
into music’s Hall of Fame?
Kristofer Kebbon Promotion manager,
popular music, at the Swedish MIC
English translation: Neil Betteridge
RECOMMENDED LISTENING
José González’s debut album “Veneer”
(Imperial/Bonnier Amigo)

NEW PUBLICATION
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Rosenberg leads off
huge biography project
Over the past five years The Royal Swedish
Academy of Music has been preparing a series
of biographies entitled Svenska Tonsättare
(Swedish Composers). The series aims at covering
20th century composers and currently
more than ten authors have been contracted
for the project. The first biography is dedicated
to one of the giants of the century, Hilding
Rosenberg (1892–1985) who, during his long
life, enriched the Swedish musical treasury
with an extensive output of a wide variety of
music. The biography, written by Per Olov
Broman, was published in February 2007. In
coming years the series will include biographies
about Lars-Erik Larsson, Ingvar Lidholm,
Bo Nilsson, Moses Pergament, Allan
Pettersson, Eduard Tubin and Lars Johan
Werle, amongst others.
Hilding Rosenberg / Per Olov Broman. –
Atlantis: Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, 2007
ISBN 91-7353-138-3
Swedish Music
Festivals 2007
From Haparanda
in the
north to Falsterbo
in the south, there’ll be a whole host of
music festivals across the country this summer
(and a bit into the autumn too), with everything
from opera, chamber, choral, early music
and baroque to jazz and folk. Find your festival
at www.musikfestivaler.se or order a festival
brochure from info@musikfestivaler.se or
Svenska Musikfestivaler, Dalagatan 34, SE-
113 24 Stockholm.
Swedish Music
on MySpace
As of January 2007, the Swedish Music Information
Centre is represented on MySpace,
providing the world’s biggest online community
with a comprehensive gateway to great
Swedish music (mainly pop, rock and jazz).
Visit us at www.myspace.com/MusicFromSweden
WHAT’S ON ...
SWEDISH JAZZ CELEBRATION 2007
IN LULEÅ
March 20th–24th
It is with much anticipation that we await
the start of this festival in March, during
which, as is its wont, a number of prizes will
be distributed, among them bring the pan-
European prize, the Django d’Or. The nominees
in the Django d’Or Sweden prize this
year are in the category Master of Jazz
Jan Allan, Lars Erstrand and Bobo
Stenson
in the category Contemporary Star of Jazz
Anders Jormin, Fredrik Ljungkvist and
Esbjörn Svensson
in the category Legend of Jazz, the prize will
go to the outstanding Putte Wickman
PRAGUE PREMIÈRES
March 24th–31st
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra festival
“Prague Premières” will be devoted this year
to Scandinavian music. Leading Czech
orchestras, choirs and ensembles will perform
compositions by the Swedish composers
B. Tommy Anderson, Daniel Börtz,
Britta Byström, Anders Eliasson, Hans
Gefors, Anders Hillborg, Rolf Martinsson,
Jesper Nordin, Karin Rehnqvist and Sven-
David Sandström.
FRANKFURT MUSIC FAIR
March 28th–31st
If you are in the vicinity of Frankfurt, do not
fail to visit the Swedish MIC at the
Frankfurt Music Fair. At our stand, hall 3.1,
B48, we will be presenting music scores and
other music information both from ourselves
and from a range of Swedish music
publishers, many of which will be represented
at the Fair. You will also have the chance
to meet two Swedish composers. Come and
see who they are...
BEYOND BLOND 2007
April 10th–May 10th
Beyond Blond is a month-long Swedish lifestyle
program organized by the Consulate
Jazz Facts
—the Newsletter
The first issue of the newsletter for jazz, Jazz Facts,
was issued in connection with the International
Association for Jazz Education conference which
took place in New York in January. The newsletter
contains an article on Jeanette Lindström, the
Swedish-Scottish project “Jazz from Sweden” and
an interview with Goran Kajfes about Oddjobs’
new CD. The Newsletter is free and can be ordered
from the Swedish MIC.
—more jazz from
the Swedish MIC
Get the new double CD full of Swedish jazz, free of
charge! Recorded live at the Swedish Jazz Celebration
2006. Order from the Swedish MIC.
General of Sweden in Los Angeles and designed
to promote business opportunities for
Swedish and American companies, in addition
to promoting knowledge and interest
about Sweden in the US. Swedish culture,
innovation and entrepreneurial spirit will be
showcased at various L.A. venues during the
four-week period.
Among the highlights will be a high-level
music industry seminar held in Los Angeles
on Saturday April 28th, called “Putting a
Spin on the Music Biz!” The seminar will
focus on several different areas including the
Swedish Pop Factory phenomenon, breaking
bands in the US and intellectual property
rights, as well as presenting the latest acts
and producers coming out of Sweden. The
seminar will be rounded of with a discussion
on “Music – Art or Lifestyle?” Later in the
evening there will be exclusive live performances
by some of Sweden’s hottest artists.
Over the following days, Export Music
Sweden will also be present at the MusExpo
2007, April 29th–May 2nd. More information
at www.beyondblond.org
COMPOSER WEEKEND
May 3rd–6th, Stockholm
Marie Samuelsson will be this year’s composer
during the Composer Weekend Festival
at the Stockholm Concert Hall. During
the course of the four days two orchestral
and three chamber music concerts will be
given. A work commissioned by the Royal
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Singla,
will receive its première performance at the
opening concert on May 3rd.
More information on www.konserthuset.se
POLAR MUSIC PRIZE
May 21st, Stockholm
The composer, minimalist, and musician
Steve Reich and the jazz musician Sonny
Rollins are the recipients of the 2007 Polar
Prize. His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, the
King of Sweden, will present the prize at the
Stockholm Concert Hall. Read the entire
announcement, including the motivations at
www.polarmusicprize.com

AWARDS
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Phono
Suecia
wins
Grammy
Phono Suecia’s
production “Clarinetto con forza”
with Staffan Mårtensson as soloist won
a Swedish Grammy in the category
Classical Solo Album of the Year 2006.
The CD received much acclaim
this past year – in amongst other
places the Swedish Radio program cdrevy
gave it a top mark – as one of the
best CDs of 2006. The CD contains
music by Jonas Forssell, Carin
Bartosch Edström, Fredrik Söderberg,
Ingvar Lidholm, Hans Eklund, Sven-
David Sandström, and Viking Dahl.
PSCD 168 – Clarinetto con forza
Rolf Martinsson—
Rosenberg prizewinner
The 2007 Rosenberg Prize, which is awarded by the
FST (The Society of Swedish Composers), has been
presented to Rolf Martinsson for being “an instrumentational
equilibrist… who has now blossomed on
the orchestral stages of Stockholm, London, Berlin,
Bonn, Helsinki, Detroit, Zagreb…”
NEWS FROM EDITION SUECIA
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Madeleine Isaksson
RUM (ROOMS)
for alto flute, bass clarinet,
percussion and cello
Score SUE 545. Parts SUE 545a
Madeleine Isaksson’s music comments, associates
and expresses atmospheres through a singular,
developed language. Rum (“Rooms”) was first performed in Stockholm in 1999 (parts 1 and
2) and has subsequently been performed in its complete version in Göteborg, Copenhagen,
Vienna and under the 2003 Stockholm New Music Festival.
Recorded on Phono Suecia, PSCD 134, by Ensemble MA and Staffan Larson, conductor.
Per Henrik Wallin
COMPOSITIONS
FOR PIANO · 19 pieces
SUE 543
Per Henrik Wallin (1946–2005) was a jazz legend even
during his own lifetime. He is regarded as by far the most
impulsive jazz pianists and composers Sweden has ever produced.
His style has been branded as uncompromising, masterly,
and violent, but there is also an intimacy and a poetry,
as revealed in this collection of piano compositions: pure
jazz tunes, little gems, miniatures in a tradition rooted in
Beethoven’s Bagatelles.
www.editionsuecia.com
Photo: Lars Torndahl
NEW RELEASE FROM
PHONO SUECIA
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DRAMA
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JONAS FRANKE-BLOM
PSCD 158
The music in Drama was originally written
for the theatre. Much of the inspiration for the
works comes from a stage situation where the
music functions as a counterpoint to the text
and where returning motives become important
cornerstones.
The compositions were commissioned in
connection with the respective productions at
the Gothenburg City Theatre: Hamlet in
1997, Albert Speer in 2001 (at Stora Teatern),
and The Tempest in 2002.
MUSICIANS
Chamber ensemble, Gothenburg Chamber
Choir
Conductor: Jonas Franke-Blom
HAMLET SUITE
The Execution, part one – Moment of Death
– Hamlet and Ophelia – Solo Cadenza – Music
of Destiny – Madness – Ophelia’s Entreaty –
The Execution, part two
ALBERT SPEER
The Song of Ukraine – Waiting – The People
– Solo – Requiem
THE TEMPEST
Prospero and the Sea – Bathing Music – Duet
– The Song of Miranda – Chorale – The
Tempest – Waltz
www.phonosuecia.com
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