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In the News (Mon 23 Nov 09)

  
  Sweden: National Geographic World Music
Sweden has made its mark on the entire spectrum of Western music, with individual artists as well as national institutions making invaluable contributions in the fields of folk, rock, jazz, classical.
Sweden's export music industry brought in over $450 million to the country's economy and is third only to the U.S. and the U.K. For these reasons, the government has helped musicians by sponsoring recordings and concerts, both for domestic consumption and international.
Although the new folk music has not had a huge impact on the mainstream, even in Sweden itself, the movement continues to be self-sustaining and producing album after album of innovative, heartfelt music by young phenoms and the now-graying pioneers.
worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/sweden_880?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com   (1040 words)

  
  Music of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighbouring countries, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka.
Sweden has been called the third biggest exporter of music in the world, after the USA and the UK.
Sweden is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to chip music, or bitpop, along with Japan and the US.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Sweden   (1589 words)

  
 The Wind Band in the History of Swedish Music
Tentative beginnings of military music already occurred in the 16th century, but a proper organization was not introduced until the latter part (1680-1720) of what is known as the Great Power Period, when infantry and dragoon regiments were allotted a small group of 4, 6 or 8 musicians, known as "oboists".
Music at the big popular festivals needed large numbers of instruments which would be audible outdoors to the immense crowds which gathered regularly for celebrations of one thing or another.
1940) is primarily a composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic music.
www.wasbe.org /en/resources/sweden1.html   (2368 words)

  
 Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sweden was first mentioned in the 1st century, by Roman historian Tacitus, who wrote that the Suiones tribe lived out in the sea and were powerful in both arms and ships.
Sweden was also known to be the first western nation to detect unusually high radiation levels in the atmosphere, which later was confirmed to have been the residual nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl accident.
Sweden is known for having an even distribution of income, with a Gini coefficient at 0.21 in 2001 (one of the most even income distributions in the industrialized world).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweden   (7665 words)

  
 Music of Sweden
Sweden has a long history of folk musics, including polka, schottishes[?], waltz, polskor[?] and mazurka.
Swedish music has also included more modern and pop influences.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Scandinavian death metal bands became very popular among the heavy metal community nationwide, with important centers in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Swedish_music.html   (80 words)

  
 Universal Music Group
Under the new, long term deal, which also includes music publishing joint venture Stockholm Songs, Håkansson and his team will continue to operate autonomously from Universal Music Sweden, finding and developing Swedish artists who will continue to be represented by Universal around the world.
Local industry group Export Music Sweden recently put the value of Swedish music exports at two billion crowns annually (almost $250 million) and estimated that Sweden is the world’s third largest music exporter after the US and the UK.
After taking a business administration course in the early 1970s, he returned to the music industry to work as managing director of the publishing division of Sonet which at the time was Scandinavia’s biggest independent music company.
new.umusic.com /News.aspx?NewsId=24   (552 words)

  
 Music
Culturenet Sweden is comissioned by the Swedish Government to be the national gateway to all organizations and individuals working with culture in Sweden.
SMHB is an annual bibliography and database of Swedish literature on music, produced by the Archives and Documentation Department at the Music Library of Sweden.
His profound scholarship, humility and great technical skill produced memorable music in all genres, and it is not to be forgotten that he visited Alban Berg and was the first in Sweden to compose according to the twelve-tone system.
www.visiteuropeonline.com /sweden/music.htm   (2310 words)

  
 Consulate General of Sweden - Swedish Music
Sweden is the third-largest music-exporting nation after the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Consulate General of Sweden in New York, in collaboration with Export Music Sweden, hosts annual music seminars and showcases to highlight the Swedish music phenomenon and to introduce Sweden's latest and hottest acts to American audiences.
Concerts Sweden (Rikskonserter) is a state foundation that annually organizes approximately 40 tours and 700 concerts, both national and international, mainly in the areas of classical music, jazz and folk music.
www.swedenabroad.com /Page____13383.aspx   (372 words)

  
 Sweden / Music
The music scene in Stockholm has produced and inspired artists for many years and a number of group's launch their world tours in Stockholm.
Swedish music industry exports amount to SEK 3.3 billion a year and 90 per cent of the Swedish music industry is located in Stockholm.
Classical music, jazz and favorites from musicals will be performed by famous names, for example, Monserrat Caballé will perform in a Verdi Gala, there will be a Tribute to Frank Sinatra and a Musical Night with Tommy Körberg and the West End Theatre Orchestra.
www.geographia.com /sweden/music.html   (852 words)

  
 Publication of "Persian Writing on Music" in Sweden
In this 268-page work written in English, Fallahzadeh has tried to map the development of Persian writings on music, focusing on their various approaches and variations of topics from the beginning of the 11th century to the end of the 15th century which can be called the classical period of Persian writings on music.
According to the author, the rise of Persian musical literature as a part of Persian learned literature was a result of the political and cultural decentralization of the Abbasid Caliphates.
He continued his musical education in Sweden, first at the department of musicology of Göteborg University and later in Uppsala University in courses in musicology, composition and music anthropology.
www.payvand.com /news/06/jul/1109.html   (724 words)

  
 Swiss Persian Art Music
It was him who was master in letting his instrument sound like another, for example as a harpsichord or as a mandolin.
For Persian ears, the music of the Kamkar family is something new.
You could describe it as music with old thoughts mixed with new feelings and which is touched by newly religious (since Khomeini) as well as by modern techniques (like western intonations).
www.persianartmusic.com /World/swiss.html   (460 words)

  
 The Music of Sweden at cdRoots
Swedish folk and horn music on six saxophones, bass and percussion.Led by saxophonist/composer/arranger Jonas Knutsson, some of the prominent younger Swedish folk musicians are presented in music that goes from the traditional to the newly composed, and from the strictly arranged to the wildly improvised.
Their free-association approach to music makes this challenging for those in need of a countable beat, but the mood is elegant, bizarre or beautiful at each turn and the results are nothing short of unique.
It was Caroline with her fiddle music from the west of Dalarna, Anneli with her song tradition and balkan music, Bengt with his Irish jigs and reels and Jan with his guitar music, folk and classic.
www.cdroots.com /sweden.shtml   (11731 words)

  
 New Music reBlog: Sweden's best kept secret - Jan Johansson
Yet the best selling jazz record in Sweden was made by an artist virtually unknown outside Scandinavia, and whose records are very difficult to get hold of.
Also worth exploring is Musik genom Fyra Sekler (Music from the Past Centuries) which is another exploration of traditional Swedish melodies using larger forces.
In November 1968 Jan Johansson was killed in a car crash on his way to a church concert in a church concert in Jönköping, Sweden.
netnewmusic.net /reblog/archives/2006/08/swedens_best_ke.html   (403 words)

  
 EMS - Electroacoustic Music in Sweden
Ida is an experienced music teacher and each lesson with her is well thought-out, filling the 45 minutes to the brim.
This is an opportunity for all involved with EAM in Sweden, as music promoters and on a research/higher education level, to meet and discuss important issues.
EMS represents electroacoustic music from Sweden in various international contexts and acts as an informer, both nationally and internationally.
electroacousticmusicinsweden.blogspot.com   (622 words)

  
 Nordic Culture > ABBA, Pop Music from Sweden - Scandinavica.com
Benny Andersson was a member of The Hep Stars, the biggest pop band in Sweden during the 1960s; Björn Ulvaeus, a passionate about folk music, was one of the popular Hootenanny Singers; Agnetha Fältskog and Norwegian-born Anni-Frid Lyngstad, better known as Frida, had both also a well established recording career.
After a couple of years of mutual musical cooperation and the marriage of Björn and Agnetha in 1971, the fantastic Swedes decided to join their talents together on a band called "Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid" and released a song called "People need Love", which became a hit in Sweden in 1972.
The proof that ABBA's music was more than a fashion disco-craze and was meant to stay as part of our lives came eventually in the 1990s.
www.scandinavica.com /culture/famous/abba.htm   (1347 words)

  
 Swedish Music - Sweden - VisitSweden: The official guide to travel and tourism in Sweden
The wide range of music events that Sweden hosts throughout the year enables a lot of newcomers a chance to be seen on stage.
José is born in Sweden but has Argentinian descent and he inherited his father's love of latin music.
After experimenting with all sorts of music styles he returned to classical guitar which has set the tone of this 27-year old's very personal style.
www.visitsweden.com /VSTemplates/Page____18114.aspx   (361 words)

  
 Sweden - Artistopia Music
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige IPA ['ko:.n?.?a.?ri:.k?t 'svær:.j?]), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Sweden has land borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by the Oresund Bridge.
Warner Music and Sony Ericsson announced yesterday the future availability of Madonna's "Hard Candy" album on lots of Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones that will be sold in during 2008.
www.artistopia.com /sweden   (187 words)

  
 MP3 music - andreasviklund.com
Music is one of the things I love most of all.
But it is mostly positive, and it has made music a major part of my personality and my life.
You can use it to find what you are looking for, but you can also use the music section menu in the sidebar.
andreasviklund.com /music   (438 words)

  
 EMI:Sweden
Anna Ternheim's latest and second album Separation Road went straight in at No 1 in Sweden, and first single Girl Laying Down has been one of the big songs of the year.
She is right now selling out venues on her tour around Sweden, and in 2007 Separation Road will be released internationally.
Swedish top producer / songwriter Anders Bagge is internationally known for his very styleful, electric and groovy songwriting style as well as his outstanding productions.
www.emimusicpub.com /worldwide/around_the_world/sweden_home.html   (116 words)

  
 The Music Library of Sweden
Royal Swedish Academy of Music and opened to the public in 1849.
The Music Library of Sweden is both a research library, with major collections of rare source materials and specialized scholarly literature and editions, and a general music library, with a circulating collection of printed music in all forms and genres (including orchestral sets and wind band music), books and periodicals.
The Library's extensive holdings of rare materials from the 16th to the 19th centuries consist of printed and MS music (the publications of the firm of Hummel are particularly well represented), books and periodicals; letters of composers and musicians (about 15,000 items);
www.muslib.se /home.html   (362 words)

  
 sweden Videos, sweden Music, sweden Photos on IMEEM
Description: No Tomorrow performed by Caesars, (C) 2007 EMI Music Sweden AB This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection.
Description: Jerk It Out performed by Caesars, (C) 2007 EMI Music Sweden AB This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection.
Description: Chances performed by Roxette, (C) 2006 EMI Music Sweden AB This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection.
www.imeem.com /tag/sweden   (161 words)

  
 SWEDEN.SE:Music | MetaFilter
Sweden produces a lot of amazing rock/pop music that unfortunately, due to the language barrier, never crosses over.
Apparently this is a whole nother country from Sweden, but I think we can all agree that the Scandihoovians truly know how to rock.
Sweden is the third largest exporter of music (relative to its population), at least in part due to the efforts of Export Music Sweden, a trade group.
www.metafilter.com /55799/SWEDENSEMusic   (577 words)

  
 Music Of Sweden
Sweden is a marvelous place, not olny for their history and people, but for their music as well!!!
Sounds of Sweden links you to Sweden’s leading pop and dance superstars.
welcome to Sivan´s official website, read about her music production, download music for free, view other music links and see video clips, see charts in musicforte, numberonemusic and also soundclick.
i.webring.com /hub?ring=sosweden   (218 words)

  
 Sweden Metal Music Entertainment
The fact that I and Sweden Metal Music are going separate ways are because one of my two bands, Eye, have been signed for a record deal and my second band Katana are working our asses off in the studio.
Most known for his work behind "Bright Eyes Magazine" that later become to be Sweden Rock Magazine, and also AOR Dream Zones.
He has also been doing promotion work for bands and for MTM Music and some companies.So promotion and band conctact is what he is into.
swedenmetalmusicentertainment.se   (472 words)

  
 SIRIUS Satellite Radio - The Latest in Scandinavian Music
The music scene in Sweden is certainly very creative and it will be a pleasure to present the best of it to the listeners of SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
It is a creative hotbed for musicians, songwriters, producers and technicians that, since the 1970s, have significantly contributed to the global pop music community.
Scandinavian music producers Max Martin (Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson), Anders Bagge (Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson) and Tore Johansson (The Cardigans, Franz Ferdinand), among others, are responsible for many US hits, as well as the worldwide “Crazy Frog” phenomenon.
www.sirius.com /nordicrox   (407 words)

  
 Classical Music - Streaming Classical Music
Naxos, the world’s leading classical music label is known for recording exciting new repertoire with exceptional talent.
The catalogue includes classical music CDs and DVDs as well other genres such as jazz, new age, educational and audiobooks.
With its comprehensive classical music site and its culture of innovation, Naxos ensures that it will continue to be an industry leader in digital music distribution.
www.naxos.com   (383 words)

  
 Music, Genres, Rock and Pop,
This !tzalist ring is open to all rock 'n' roll and pop music sites, including rock and roll bands, pop music, song lyrics, and top 40 hits.
Rock and Metal are our music, we listen, we play, some may even say were addicted, so come join us, show your pride, show who you realy are.
This is a webring dedicated to preserving rock music of all kinds across the world...Classic, Metal, 80's, International sites/bands all welcome...
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