Grove's: "Jacob Adolf Hägg was born in 1850 and expired in 1928. In his earlier years his skills as a solo pianist, accompanist and chamber music player were highly appreciated and his improvisations were admired. In 1873 he became mentally ill, and remained so for over 20 years. He was elected a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music in 1917. As a composer Hägg followed the tradition of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Gade, although he also experimented with harmonies and style. His output was extensive, with instrumental works predominating, including
five symphonies, three overtures and chamber music. His works for piano are the most important within the early Swedish Romantic style, and include two sonatas and a sonatine, ten suites, many impromptus, novelettes, bagatelles and other works. His chamber works include a cello sonata, three string quartets, trios and numerous works for violin."
Whereas:
Wikipædia: "Hägg composed
four symphonies and other orchestral and choral works, chamber music, a collection of Little Nordic Songs without Words for piano, ten piano suites, and pieces for cello and for organ. His cousin Gustaf Hägg (1867–1925) was also a composer."
One might have expected people to get right an elementary fact such as the number of symphonies a man wrote! Imagine reading in one place "Brahms wrote six symphonies" and in Wikipædia "Brahms composed about three symphonies"! Mind you, Beethoven wrote "about ten" if you count his stirring "Battle." According to the wonderful list put together by member Ttle (who is always right in my experience) the true number is five:
http://ttle.perso.neuf.fr/Symphonies/symphonistes_e-j.htmI wonder when this "Nordisk" symphony was written? I will download the programme and attempt to decypher what is said about it.
