Bengtsson, (Lars) Ingmar (Olof)

Bengtsson, (Lars) Ingmar (Olof), eminent Swedish musicologist; b. Stockholm, March 2, 1920; d. there, Dec. 3, 1989. He studied piano at the Stockholm Musikhógskolan and musicology at the univs. of Stockholm, Uppsala (Ph.D., 1955, with diss. J.H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik: Kail och stilkritiska studier; publ. in Uppsala, 1955), and Basel. He appeared as a pianist and harpsichordist (1942–55); wrote music criticism for Stockholm’s Svenska Dagbladet (1943–59); was a lecturer (1947–61) and a prof. (1961–85) at the Univ. of Uppsala. He served as president of the Swedish Soc. of Musicology (1961–85) and as ed.-in-chief of its journal, Svensk tidskriftfor musikforskning (1962–71). In 1963 he became chairman of the complete ed. of Berwald’s works. In 1965 he founded the Swedish Archives of the History of Music. He was honored with a Festschrift on his 50^th (1970) and 65^th (1985) birthdays.

Writings

Bach och hans tid (Stockholm, 1946); Fran visa till symfoni (Stockholm, 1947; 5^th ed., 1973); with R. Danielson, Handstilar och notpikturer i KungL: Musikaliska akademiens Romansamling (Uppsala, 1955); Modern nordisk musik: Fjorton tonsattare om egna verk (Stockholm, 1957); Musikvetenskap: En oversikt (Stockholm, 1973; 2^nd ed., 1977); Mr. Roman’s Spuriosity Shop: A Thematic Catalogue of 503 Works (1213 Incipits and Other Excerpts) from ca. 1680–1750 by More Than Sixty Composers (Stockholm, 1976); Berakning av intervall, stamningar, tempereringar m. m. medhjalp av raknedosa: Ett compendium (Uppsala, 1978); Musikvidenskab—nu og ifremtiden (Copenhagen, 1978); with E. Lomnás and N. Castegren, Franz Berwald: Die Dokumente seines Lebens (Kassel, 1979); Nágot om dei heroiska i 1800-taets dikt och ton (Lund, 1984).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire