Eduard Brendler

Eduard Brendler

Eduard Brendler (18001831) was a Swedish composer. He was born in Dresden, Germany but his family moved to Sweden when he was only a year old. He died before completing his romantic opera Ryno, or the errant knight ("Ryno eller den vandrande riddaren: skådespel med sång i tre akter"), to a libretto by Bernhard von Beskow, so the opera was completed by his friend and patron the Crown Prince Oscar, and premiered in 1834.[1]

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  1. Svenska academiens Handlingar - Page 53 Svenska akademien - 1870 "tre akter, benämndt Ryno eller den vandrande riddaren, — en libretto, synnerligen egnad att fängsla en teaterpubliks intresse *). Ungefär midt emellan de begge ofvan an- gifna hufvndskiftena af Beskows litterära verksamhet faller hans.."



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