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Karl Yngve Sköld (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈʏ̂ŋːvɛ ˈɧœlːd]; 29 April 1899 – 6 December 1992) was a Swedish composer, pianist and organist. As well as writing orchestral, solo and chamber music and giving public concerts, he also worked for the Swedish Film industry.^[1]

Life

He was born in Vallby, Södermanland County, Sweden.^[1] His father, a cantor and college teacher, died when Yngve was ten years old.^[2]

He studied piano with Richard Andersson and attended the Royal College of Music, Stockholm from 1915 to 1918 where he learnt composition and counterpoint with Harald Fryklöf.^[1] During his teens, his musical talent both as composer and pianist became apparent; his 1916 piano trio,^[2] first symphony (opus 3, 1915)^[3] and first piano concerto (opus 7, 1917)^[4] were among a number of works composed in this period.^[2] He passed the organists' examination in 1919.^[1]

He then studied abroad from 1920 to 1922, first at the Brno Conservatory, where he won first prize in a piano competition for his performance of Beethoven's fifth piano concerto, and then at the Prague Conservatory's Meisterschule,^[5] where he performed his Concert Fantasy for piano and orchestra (opus 21, composed in 1921).^[2] In 1933, after returning to Stockholm, he passed the advanced examination in choir direction and music teaching.^[1]

During his career he went on to compose many orchestral works, including three more symphonies and ten concerti. He wrote piano and organ pieces, chamber music, vocal and choral music, and music for several films.^[4] His music is late Romantic,^[1] imaginative and technically impressive, with some national influences. The second symphony is especially worthy of note.^[1] The unusual number of his compositions featuring the viola may be related to the fact that his brother, an engineer, was a lifelong enthusiastic player of the instrument.^[6]

Sköld continued to perform, including employment as pianist, organist and composer by the Swedish Film Industry from 1923, even appearing in two films: Bara en trumpetare (Just a Trumpeter) in 1938, and then as a theatre piano player in the 1940 film Kyss henne! (Kiss Her!).^[7] He also gave annual new year organ concerts in Stockholm City Hall during the thirties.^[2]

He was music librarian to the Society of Swedish Composers from 1938 to 1964 and was secretary and treasurer of the Swedish Occidental Association from 1936 to 1964.^[1] He retired in 1964.^[2]

Sköld was the author of the first original music composed in the auxiliary language Occidental; in 1934 he wrote two pieces, Du canzones,^[8] for three-part female choir and piano to words by Czech poet Jaroslav Podobsky. The two songs were entitled Alaude, canta!^[9] (Sing, lark) and Ne abandona me (Don't leave me).^[10]

Sköld died in 1992 in Ingarö, Värmdö municipality, Sweden,^[5] leaving his widow Olga, his son Gunnar and daughter-in-law Solveig, and his grandson.^[11]

Works

Sköld's works include:^[4]^[7]^[9]

Year	Work	Opus	Duration (mins)
1914	Sonata for piano No. 1	1
1915	Symphony No.1	3
1916	Romance for viola and piano
	Theme and variations for piano	6
1917	Piano Concerto No.1	7
1917	Three ballads for piano	8
	Legend for viola and orchestra	9
1919	Fantasy for viola and organ	12	12
1922	Suite for organ	13	12
1920	Poem for violin and piano	16	2.5
1921	Pezzo drammatico for violin and piano	19	8
	Prelude and fugue for piano	20	16
1921	Concert Fantasy No.2 for Piano and Orchestra	21	20
1927	Sonatin for violin and piano	23	20
1926	Poeme elegique for orchestra	25
1926	Elegy for saloon orchestra		8
1927	Sonata for cello and piano	26	27.5
1927	Serenade for flute, violin and viola	27	15
1928	Festival polonaise for orchestra
1928	Fantasy variations for piano	28
1929	Music for the film Rågens rike
1930	String quartet no. 1	29	22.5
1930	Suite No.1 for orchestra	30	16
1930	Berceuse for piano (for the birth of his son Gunnar)^[12]
1931	October evening for voices and piano
1931	Alla leggenda for viola, orchestra and organ	31	12
1934	Sag varifran kom du for voice and string orchestra
1934	Du canzones (Alaude, canta! & Ne abandona me) for SSA and piano		2.5
1935	Music for the film Bränningar
1935	Cantata Gustaf Adolf for soprano, baritone, chorus and string orchestra	32	25
1936	Valse chromatique for orchestra	33	6
1936	Lyric Poem for Violin and Orchestra	34	7
1936	Suite Concertante for Viola and Orchestra	35	30
1936	Poem for Violin and Orchestra		5
1937	Symphony No.2	36	43
1938	Festival polonaise for concert band
1939	Trumpet Concerto	37	8
1939	Sinfonia da chiesa for organ and orchestra	38	24
1939	Det harda villkoret for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra		3
	Suite No.1 for string orchestra	39
1939	Meditation for string quartet	39a
1941	Violin Concerto	40	28
	Five pieces for cello and piano	41	30
	Two pieces for orchestra	42
1944	Music for the film Gryning
1944	Svit i gammal stil for violin and piano	42	30
1944	Sång till människan for tenor, men’s choir and orchestra	43	10
1945	Consolation for Viola and Small Orchestra		4
1945	Suite No.2 for orchestra	44	26
1945	Twelve Songs for voice and orchestra	45	20
1946	Concert Overture	47	8
1947	Piano Concerto No.2	46	30
1947	Suite No.2 for string orchestra	48	24
1947	Cello Concerto	49	23
1948	Symphony No.3	50	31
1950	Music for the film Kvartetten som sprängdes
1950	Variationer över...Moder Jords vaggvisa for piano	51	11
1950	Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra	52	28
1952	Music for the film Under svällande segel
1952	Divertimento for orchestra	53	22
1953	Two dance pieces for orchestra	54	17
1953	Poem Tankar I skymningen for chamber orchestra		3
1955	String quartet no. 2	55	25.5
1955	Fantasy Overture	56	13
1957	Sonatina for flute and piano	57	22
1958	Quartet for two flutes, cello and piano	58	23
1958	Sonata for solo violin	59	19
1959	Suite for violin and piano	60	15
1961	Betraktelser = Meditazioni : 7 pieces for organ	61	26
1962	Sonata for viola and organ	62	15
1963	Concertino for Five Wind Instruments, Strings and Timpani	63	20
1963	Sonata for piano No. 2	64	16
1965	String quartet no. 3	65	27
1966	Symphony No.4	66	40
1969	Piano Concerto No.3	67	30
1970	Sonatina for piano	68	17
1970	Divertimento for violin, viola and cello	70	22
1974	Suite for French horn/cello and piano	71	17
1974	String quartet no. 4	72	24
1975	Trio domestico for violin, cello and piano	73	25
1977	Horn Concerto	74	22
1978	Variationsfantasi for piano	75	15
1979	Impromptu for horn, viola, cello and piano	76	6
1980	Elegie for string quartet	77	7

His music was also used in the 2000 film Skönheten skall rädda världen.^[13]

Discography

Several commercial recordings have featured or included Sköld's works:^[14]^[15]

1999 – Marteau: His Swedish Colleagues | includes Sköld's Melody for Violin and Piano (Caprice CAP21620)
2001 – Svensk Pianomusik, Vol. 1: Skärgårdsskisser | includes Sköld's Preludio e Fuga quasi una fantasia op. 20 (Phono Suecia PSCD715)
2002 – Symfoni Nr 2 Op 36 / Violinkonsert Op 40 | Sköld (Phono Suecia PSCD719)
2006 – Swedish Romance for Meditation | includes Sköld's Berceuse (Naxos Catalogue No: 8.570303)^[16]
2008 – Poem for Cello & Piano, Cello Sonata, Suite for Horn & Piano | Sköld (Sterling CDA1665)
2009 – The Symphonic Swedish Organ | includes Sköld's Adagio (Proprius PRCD2052)
2010 – Svenska tangenter Svenska pianister före 1950 | includes the second movement of Sköld's second piano sonata, played by the composer (Caprice CAP21681)
2011 – Den Bästa Stunden | includes Sköld's Berceuse (Carpe Diem CDCD002)