Directory

Encyclopedia

NodeWorks
                              WEB DIRECTORY

Link Checker

Home
Top : Arts : Music : Composition : Composers : A :

Allgén, Claude Johannes Maria Loyola

  ( 4 )
Born in Calcutta, India in 1920 and christened Klas-Thure Allgén, the Swedish composer changed his name to Claude Johanes Maria Allgén when he converted to Catholicism. He added Loyola as his confirmation name. Allgén died in 1990 in a house fire.

1. Allgén, Claude Loyola - Biography from the Swedish Music Information Center.
2. Between Ecstasy and Asceticism: A Portrait of Claude Loyola Allgén - Extended biographical essay including personal reminiscences by author Mats Persson touches on his on-going difficulties with Sweden's "Monday Group" of composers.
3. Claude Loyola Allgén - Brief sketch of his life and list of organ works from the Biographical Dictionary of Organists.
4. Claude Loyola Allgén: Chess with Satan - Review of the CD "Fantasia for Piano" including biography and commentary on his life and works, examination of his differences with contemporaries, and thoughts on the extra effort needed to listen to the piece. By Ingvar Loco Nordin.



NodeWorks boosts web surfing!
Page Returned in 0.038 seconds - HTML Compressed 73.3%

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Update a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
© 2009 Chamas Enterprises Inc.