Ida Georgina Moberg

Ida Georgina Moberg (b. 13 Feb 1859, d. 2 Aug 1947) was a Finnish composer and conductor. She was born in Helsinki, and took piano and singing lessons as a child. She studied at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra School with Richard Faltin and Jean Sibelius, and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She continued her education at the Dresden Conservatory with Felix Draeseke and studied the Dalcroze method in Hellerau and Berlin.

After completing her education, she began work as a music teacher and composer. In 1914 Moberg took a position teaching music at the Helsinki Music Institute, and also worked as a conductor and gave private lessons. She died in Helsinki.^{[1] [2]}

Works

Selected works include:

• Symphony for orchestra
• Overture in A minor for orchestra
• Lantlig dans (Country Dance) for orchestra
• Vaknen (Awaken) for male chorus and orchestra
• Tyrannens natt (The Night of the Tyrant) for male chorus and orchestra
• Asiens Ijus (The Light of Asia), opera based on a poem by Viktor Rydberg (although never completed, fragments were performed)

References

1. Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.