Morales, Olallo (Juan Magnus)

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Morales, Olallo (Juan Magnus)

Morales, Olallo (Juan Magnus), Spanishborn Swedish conductor, music critic, and composer; b. Armería (of a Spanish father and Swedish mother), Oct. 15,1874; d. Tällberg, April 29,1957. Taken to Sweden as a child, he received his education there, first at Göteborg, then at the Stockholm Cons., with W. Stenhammar and others (1891–99), and in Berlin with H. Urban (composition) and Carreño (piano). In 1901 he returned to Sweden, where he was conductor of the Göteborg Orch. (1905–09) and a teacher (1917–21) and a prof. (1921–39) at the Stockholm Cons.; was also secretary of the Royal Academy of Music (1918–40). With T. Norlind, he publ. Kungliga muskaliska akademien (Royal Academy of Music; Stockholm; vol. I,1771–1921 [1921]; vol. II, 1921–31 [1932]; vol. III, 1931–41 [1942]). He also publ. a handbook on conducting (Stockholm, 1946). His works include a Sym. (1901), several overtures, Violin Concerto (1943), String Quartet, Piano Sonata, Balada andaluza for Piano (1946), Nostalgia (1920) and other character pieces for piano, choral works, and songs.

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