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Sam Rydberg

1885 – 1956

Swedish composer

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Lived 1885 – 1956 (aged 70). Sam Rydberg was a Swedish conductor, composer and musicologist.

Sam Hjalmar Rydberg (27 October 1885 – 25 March 1956) was a Swedish composer.

Biography Sam Rydberg was born in Nyköping, Sweden, in 1885. He started as a military musician at age 13 as a drummer at the Södermanland Regiment. After that he became a part of the military band of the Svea Engineer Corps 1906-1935 and after 1928 as the head of the band. The instrument he played was soprano cornet.

He composed many types of music but is most known for his marches. He is also the composer that has most marches that is official marches of regiments in the Swedish Armed Forces and is sometimes referred as the Swedish march king.

List of marches I flaggskrud (Norrbottens pansarbataljon) 1933 Till Fronten (Karlsborgs luftvärnsregementes marsch) 1915 Ikaros Marsch (Arméns fältarbetsskola) På vakt (Svea ingenjörregemente) 1944? På post för Sverige (Öresunds marindistrikt) 1944 På marsch (Norra skånska (infanteri-)regementet / Södra militärområdet) 1944? Under Fredsfanan (Försvarets internationella centrum) 1939 Den Svenske Unterofficeren (Arméns kompaniofficersskola / Arméns tekniska centrum) 1916 Vivu Esperanto! (Minvapnet) 1933 I Beredskap (Älvsborgs kustartilleriregement / Göteborgs marinbrigad) 1939 För fosterlandet (Kustartilleriets stridsskola) Avanti per Patria (Flottans sjömansskolas marsch / Karlskronas örlogskolors) Nordiska spelen (Bråvalla flygflottilj) - alternative title: Formering till tåg I täten 1922 Tre Kronor 1951 Konsertmarsch Nr 3 (Konsertmarsch à la Italiano) 1920 Landstormsmarsch 1914 Konsertmarsch Nr 2 - Italia I fält (Västra arméfördelningen) Till Laxön Defiladmarsch (Södra underhållsregementet) Leve Fortifikationen! 1914 The hockeyman 1915 Jubileumsmarsch Stockholm 700 (Jubileumsmarsch, S:t Erik) 1953 Till vårt försvar 1942 Till bivacken 1918 Friska viljor Kronprins Leopold (Till prinsessan Astrids giftermål) 1926 Under förbimarsch 1936 Sailor Boys Marsch för Svea Ingenjörskår 1955 Överste Thorsell 1914 American Style 1936 Unga Örnar Trav (marsch) (trot march) Till "Zinkens" Till stadion! 1946 Svenska färger 1916 Stockholms Blåsorkester (marsch) - Alternative titles: Skarpskyttemarsch, AIK-orkestern, AIK-marsch, Infanterimarsch 1920 Stockholm Sportmarsch 1945 Skolmarsch Sjökrigsskolekadetten Scouting På manöver 1916 Olympiska spelen Obligationsmarsch 1914 Militärmarsch 1915 Liten konsertmarsch tillägnad Sven Sköld 1945 Leve översten! Krigsskolekadetten Kosmopolit, konsertmarsch 1937 Kavallerimarsch 1922 Kamplust Italia, Marcia rapsodia di Bonelli (Not No. 18 again) 1913 Idrottskamrater I slutna led 1924 Högalidspojkar Honnörsmarsch För hem och härd Fortifikationens honnörsmarsch 1927 Flygarmarsch Bland kamrater 1913 Armémarsch 1917 Vårt luftvärn (Luftvärnets officershögskola) Gardeskamrater (Vaxholms kustartilleriregementes marsch)

Literature Stolt, Lars C. (1975). ”Sam Rydberg — Sveriges marschkung”. Marschnytt (34): sid. 5-9.

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Who was Sam Rydberg?

Swedish composer (1885–1956)

When was Sam Rydberg born?

Sam Rydberg was born on 27 October 1885 in Nyköping.

When did Sam Rydberg die?

Sam Rydberg died on 25 March 1956 in Stockholm.

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Sam Rydberg was a conductor, composer and musicologist.

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Sam Rydberg was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sam Rydberg

· Wikidata: Q2790044

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