Allgén, Claude Loyola (actually, Klas Thure)

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Allgén, Claude Loyola (actually, Klas Thure)

Allgén, Claude Loyola (actually, Klas Thure), Swedish composer; b. Calcutta (of Swedish parents), April 16, 1920; d. in a fire in his home in Táby, near Stockholm, Sept. 18, 1990. He was a pupil of Melchers at the Stockholm Musikhôgskolan (1936–41). After training in composition in Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and Italy, he became a Roman Catholic, adopted the given names of Claude Loyola, and pursued training in theology. A prolific composer, he wrote in an exceedingly complex personal style. His output included 2 syms., a Violin Concerto, a Fantasy for Orch., 7 string quartets, a Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello, sacred and secular choral music, songs, piano pieces, and organ works.

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