23/07/1796, Stockholm, Sweden – 03/04/1868, same place
Swedish Romantic composer. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory but became more appreciated as a composer after his death than he had been in his lifetime. In 1818 Berwald started publishing the Musikalisk journal, later renamed Journal de musique, a periodical with easy piano pieces and songs by various composers as well as some of his own original work. In 1821, his Violin Concerto was premiered by his brother August. In 1911, Carl Nielsen wrote of Berwald, "Neither the media, money nor power can damage or benefit good Art. It will always find some simple, decent artists who forge ahead and produce and stand up for their works. In Sweden, you have the finest example of this: Berwald."
