Natanael Berg

Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879 – 14 October 1957) was a Swedish composer.

Berg was born and died in Stockholm. He trained in veterinary medicine and began learning music by teaching himself. He later studied at the Stockholm Conservatory. Until 1939, he served as a veterinarian in the Swedish Army and afterwards became a freelance composer.

His output included five operas, three ballets, five symphonies as well as several symphonic poems, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, a serenade for violin and orchestra, a piano quintet, ballades, lieder, and pieces for piano.

Chronological list of selected works Saul och David, 1907 Eros vrede, 1907 Traumgewalten, symphonic poem, 1910 Leila, opera, 1910 Mannen och kvinnan, 1911 Predikaren, 1911 Symphony No. 1 Alles endet was entstehet, 1913 Varde Ljus, symphonic poem, 1914 Älvorna, ballet, 1914 Israels lovsång, 1915 Symphony No. 2 Årstiderna, 1916 Symphony No. 3 Makter, 1917 Piano Quintet, 1917 Die badenden Kinder, 1918 Violin Concerto, 1918 Symphony No. 4 Pezzo Sinfonico, 1918 Sensitiva, ballet, 1919 String Quartet, 1919 Hertiginnans friare, ballet, 1920 Serenade for Violin and Orchester, 1923 Symphony No. 5 Trilogia delle passioni, 1924 Höga Visan, 1925 Engelbrekt, opera, 1928 (Engelbrecht, Braunschweig, 1933) Piano Concerto, 1931 Judith, opera, 1935 Birgitta, opera, 1942 Genoveva, opera, 1944–46 Tre konungar, Part 1, opera (incomplete), 1950–1954, orchestrated up to 1957