ABSTRACT
I was born so late in the century that I am only able to read about the time when the composers of your generation were young. For that reason it is interesting to hear from you about your experience of Swedish music in the first decades of the century. and more exciting to hear from one who was there than to read about it in books. In his book on contemporary Nordic music (Vår tids musik i Norden: från 20-tal til 60-tal, 1968), Bo Wallner quotes the indefatigable supporter of the ISCM, Sten Broman, who, from his home in Lund, called the capital city ‘Stock-conservativeholm’. You were born in 1921 and experienced a period of music that was called ‘Stock-conservative’. Do you agree with that label?
