Dag Wirén

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Dag Ivar Wirén (Örebro, October 15, 1905 – Danderyd, April 19, 1986) was a Swedish composer. Wiren studied at the at the Stockholm conservatory from 1926-1931, and in 1932 won the state stipend. He used the award money to continue his studies in Paris, where he remained for three years. Upon his return to Sweden, he took up work as a music critic, and composed his first two symphonies. His most famous work is his Serenade for Strings (1937), but he also composed 5 symphonies, string quartets, and numerous orchestral pieces and film scores.

[edit] Selected works

Sonatina for Cello and Piano op. 1
Sonatina No. 2 for Cello and Piano op. 4
Piano Trio No. 1 op. 6 (1933)
Cello Concerto op. 10 (1936) ([1])
Serenade for String Orchestra op. 11 (1937)
Symphony No. 2 op. 14 (1939) (first symphony no longer acknowledged)
Blått, gult, röt, opera (1940)
Den glada patiensen, opera (1941) ([2])
Symphony No. 3 op. 20 (1943-4) ([3])
Violin Concerto op. 23 (1946)
Sonatina for Piano, op. 25 (1950) ([4])
Piano Concerto op. 26 (1947-50) (Information about Recording)
Symphony No. 4 op. 27 (1951-2)
Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and cello (1956)
Five improvisations for piano op. 35 (1960)
Piano Trio No. 2 op. 36 (1961) ([5])
Symphony No. 5 op. 38 (1964) ([6])
Flute Concertino op. 44 (1972)
String quartets
- (Nos. 0 and 1 discarded - autograph part(s?) of no. 1 in D minor, 1929 ^[1] is in the collection in the Music Library of Sweden; see Reference, 2-5 remain)
- No. 2 op. 9 (1935),
- No. 3 op. 18 (1945)
- No. 4 op. 28 (1952-3)
- No. 5 op. 41 (1970)