Svante Sjöberg was an organist and for a long time a leading musical personality in Karlskrona as conductor of the orchestra association. He was a student of, among others, Max Bruch in Berlin and was also a member of the Musical Academy. He was active as a reviewer and also involved in trade unions. Musikaliska Konstföreningen published his Violin Sonata in print in 1899. Melodically, the sonata maintains a tight tonal line and has a less complicated structure than, for example, Harald Fryklöf’s, but it also has a freshness and melodic inventiveness. There is a compelling drive in the last movement. To our knowledge, Sjöberg’s Violin Sonata has not previously been released. In some ways, his work is probably the biggest contribution to the record.

Harald Fryklöf’s Sonata has three notated movements. It’s just like he forgot the last one, Allegro commodo e giocoso, which after a short transition from the scherzo goes attacca and probably can be understood as a fourth movement. In both Fryklöf ’s and Sjöberg’s sonatas, themes return at the end as some kind of “retrospect”. The beginning and ending of the first movement is completely identical to the ending of the last movement. In the last movement there is also a section from the slow movement. It is a type of reflection that was not uncommon in compositions during the Romantic period.

Alice Tegnér’s Violin Sonata in A minor which is dated 1901 was never published in her lifetime. It has fallen somewhat into obscurity, but has been noticed in recent years and was only available in manuscript until Living Musical Heritage issued it. Alice Tegnér was trained in classical music. She played the piano and also performed as accompanist at a concert in Karlshamn when she was very young. She aimed to enter the Academy of Music, but for financial reasons chose the Higher Teachers’ Seminary in Stockholm. Her Violin Sonata has an immediate charm and is clearly influenced by Mendelssohn and Gade. Still, she didn’t shy away from bringing in bold harmonies like in the famous song Shine over sea and shore, for example from B major to G major. It’s impressive, while sounding completely natural. The same transitions occur again in the Violin Sonata.