Nordqvist, (Johan) Conrad

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Nordqvist, (Johan) Conrad

Nordqvist, (Johan) Conrad, Swedish conductor, organist, and composer; b. Vanersborg, April 11, 1840; d. Charlottenlund, April 16, 1920. He was a pupil of the Stockholm Cons. (1856), then joined the court orch. in 1859 as a viola player. In 1864 he became regimental bandmaster, and in 1876 chorus master at the Royal Opera. He then was court conductor (1885–92; 1897–1908). From 1870 to 1872, from 1880 to 1900, and from 1910 to 1916 he taught at the Stockholm Cons. He then occupied various posts as organist and conductor. He wrote a funeral march for the obsequies of Charles XV (1872) and a festival march for the golden wedding anniversary of Oscar II (1897), besides ballets, piano pieces, and songs.

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