Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
Icelandic composer and doctor (1881-1946) · Iceland · On the map · Musicians · Died at 65
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns (Stefánsson) was an Icelandic composer and doctor. Unlike the avant-garde composers of his day, he wrote in a traditional romantic style and composed many of Iceland's most famous and widely performed songs, many of which are now wrongly assumed to be folk songs.
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His particular skill was in capturing the spirit of poems in his melodies, making him Iceland's foremost lyric composer. Since the end of 2016, his works have entered the public domain in Iceland.
