Swedish Royalty and Music

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The Armed Forces Music Corps' organized a marching music composition competition this spring. The winner was was Andreas Holmlund's "Hyllningsmarsch till Carl XVI Gustaf" (Homage march to Carl XVI Gustaf), first performed on the king's 70th birthday by the three professional military bands of the Armed Forces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFi3zB27vNA

 

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Music for a royal wedding

Drottningholmsmusiken
Drottningholmsmusiken was composed by Johan Helmich Roman and premiered at Drottningholm Palace in connection with the wedding between Adolf Fredrik and Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. Drottningholmsmusiken consists of 33 movements, here the first is performed by Drottningholms Barockensemble.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC0cjkAJ7ZI/

 

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Crown Princess Victoria's Fanfare, composed by Ingvar Lidholm.

 

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Hertigen av Västerbotten - Kavalleriets defileringsmarsch (The Duke of Västerbotten, march dedicated to king Carl Gustaf's father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten)

 

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"Vilar glad. I din famn" (Resting blissfully in your arms), music by Benny Andersson and text by Kristina Lugn, was made to Victoria and Daniel's wedding. It was performed by Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir, The Choir of the Stockholm Cathedral, Orsa spelmän and Kalle Moraeus. The song starts at 8.15 at the wedding video:

"Vilar glad. I din famn" was also performed at Estelle's christening, by Court Singer Elin Rombo, harpist Margareta Bengtson and flutist Jan Bengtson. A part of the song, starts at 1.23 at the video

"Vilar glad. I din famn" was also performed at Oscar's christening, by Court Singer Elin Rombo and pianist Magnus Svensson.

 

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Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" was prince Bertil's and princess Lilian's favourite song. Lisa Nilsson sang it at prince Bertil's funeral.

 

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At the website of the Royal House, about the Bernadotte Dynasty and music.
Musik - Sveriges Kungahus
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Julvisa (Christmas Song), composed by prince Gustaf on Christmas Eve 1846.
From the archive of The Bernadotte Library.
https://www.kungligaslotten.se/imag...607428890625/julvisa-av-prins-gustaf-1846.jpg

 

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At the new website of the Swedish Royal Court
The Bernadotte Library's collections include an extensive collection of sheet music, made up of approximately 6,000 printed and handwritten pieces of music. It includes compositions by several of the second and third generations of the Bernadotte family. King Oskar II was a talented singer who liked to perform music on his pump organ, and many of the collection's printed works belonged to him and to Queen Victoria.
Musikalier _ Kungahuset
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Prins Bertil march

 

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On Friday at the Changing of the Guard the military bands played some marches. One of the marches was "Marcia Carolus Rex" (King Carl's March) and it was told that it is King Carl Gustaf's favourite march and therefore it is played every year on his birthday. The march is named after King Karl XII. It was composed by the Swedish composer Wilhelm Harteveld (1859–1927).