Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, the singer on this album, is an actor who trained at Aarhus Teater and performed with The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, from 1980 to 1990.
Composition History
Birger Sjöberg could not read music, so Hjalmar Johansson, the musical director at Helsingborg, noted down and arranged his melodies for publication with piano accompaniment.
Critical Reception
Birger Sjöberg's book and songs, 'Frida's Book', became immensely popular in Sweden during the 1920s.
Composer Biography
Birger Sjöberg's exhausting touring life and continued writing wore him down, leading to severe mental illness and his death at age 44.
Composer Biography
Birger Sjöberg, the composer, taught himself to play an old guitar that hung in his home in Vänersborg, Sweden.
Composition History
Birger Sjöberg composed his own melodies, which, though traditional in style, were highly original and subtly constructed.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Frida, the central figure in the ballads, is the object of the young man's all-embracing love, even when she is not the direct subject of a song.
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