Bengt Lidner (March 16, 1757 – January 4, 1793) was a
Swedish poet and composer, born in Gothenburg. His
opera Medea was translated to English and played in
England during his lifetime, but wasn't played in
Sweden until 2004. His father died when he was 3, his
mother when he was 14. In 1774, at age 17, he started
studies at Lund University and produced two
dissertations within two years, but was expelled just
before presenting the second one. In 1776 he joined a
ship of the Swedish East India ...(+)
Bengt Lidner (March 16, 1757 – January 4, 1793) was a
Swedish poet and composer, born in Gothenburg. His
opera Medea was translated to English and played in
England during his lifetime, but wasn't played in
Sweden until 2004. His father died when he was 3, his
mother when he was 14. In 1774, at age 17, he started
studies at Lund University and produced two
dissertations within two years, but was expelled just
before presenting the second one. In 1776 he joined a
ship of the Swedish East India Company from Gothenburg
to China, but fled in Cape Town in April and in
September he enlisted as a student of the University of
Greifswald, which then was situated in Swedish
Pomerania. There he wrote a dissertation on the
justification of the American declaration of
independence, but was told this subject was too
sensitive, because of Sweden's diplomatic relation with
Great Britain.
In 1779 he moved to Stockholm, where he started a
career in literature. Despite a doubtful reputation, he
received a royal scholarship in 1780 and went to
Göttingen in Germany, where he studied and lived
beyond his means. From Göttingen he went to Paris, and
returned to Stockholm in 1782. In 1787 he went to
Finland and in 1788 married Eva Jacquette Hastfer, with
whom he moved back to Stockholm the next year. In 1793
he died in utter poverty. The Swedish Academy in 1860
put a stone on his grave on the cemetery of Church of
Adolf Fredrik in Stockholm.
Lidner's collected works have appeared (in Swedish) in
many editions, most recently in the text critical
edition of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet in four volumes,
1930-1992.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Lidner).
Although originally created for Chorus (SATB), I
created this Interpretation of the Symphonia & Aria
from 'Andan som öfwer the trogna' (The spirit that
overcomes the faithful) for String Quartet (2 Violins,
Viola & Cello).
SHEET MUSIC