Elfrida Andrée
1841
– 1929
Personal details
In 1857 Elfrida Andrée became the first woman in Sweden to pass the
organ exam. Her organ symphonies are still performed today alongside
various songs, choral works and chamber music. In a diary entry in the fall
of 1870, she wrote: “There is a woman who thinks and feels, who writes
music, not for salon flattery, but to preserve the reputation of mankind,
if not sooner, then at the latest after her death.” (Quoted after: Eva Öhrström,
Elfrida Andrée. Ett levnadsöd, Stockholm (Prisma) 1999, p. 124)
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