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Swedish composer
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1933(Gävle, Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden)
Death:
2 October 1970(Gävle, Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden)
The details
Biography
Anders Bo Leif Linde (1 January 1933 – 2 October 1970) was a Swedish composer whose style resembled that of notable 20th-century neoclassical composers like Benjamin Britten and Samuel Barber.
Born in Gävle, Linde studied music theory with Ingmar Bengtsson before enrolling at the Stockholm Academy of Music in 1948, where he studied composition with Lars-Erik Larsson and piano with Olof Wibergh. In 1953, one year after leaving the academy, he went to Vienna to study conducting and traveled around Europe before returning to Sweden. His most performed piece is probably his violin concerto.
Bo Linde committed suicide, in Gävle, at the age of 37.