Rabe, Folke (Alvar Harald Reinhold)
Rabe, Folke (Alvar Harald Reinhold)
Rabe, Folke (Alvar Harald Reinhold) , Swedish trombonist and composer; b. Stockholm, Oct. 28, 1935. He studied composition with V. Sölderholm, B. Wallner, Blomdahl, and Ligeti at the Stockholm Musikhögskolan (1957–64), where he also received training in trombone and music pedagogy. He began his career as a jazz musician while still a teenager; later was a member of the Culture Quartet (1963–73) and the New Culture Quartet (from 1983), which performed contemporary scores. He was on the staff (1968–80) and served as program director (1977–80) of the Inst. for National Concerts; then was a producer with the Swedish Radio. He experimented with multimedia techniques, producing pieces of “vocal theater” with non-semantic texts.
Works
DRAMATIC: Intermedia Shows: Ship of Fools (1983); The World Museum (1987); Beloved Little Pig, musical fairy tale for children (1986); film scores; incidental music. ORCH.: Hep-Hep, overture for Small Orch. (1966); Altiplano for Wind Orch. (1982); All the lonely people, concerto for Trombone and Chamber Orch. (1990). CHAMBER: Suite for 2 Clarinets (1957); Bolos for 4 Trombones (1962; in collaboration with J. Bark); Impromptu for Clarinet, Trombone, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (1962); Pajazzo for 8 Jazz Musicians (1964); Polonaise for 4 Trombones and Light (1965–66; in collaboration with J. Bark); From the Myths of Time for 3 Cellos, Gamelan, and Percussion (1966); Pipe Lines for 4 Trombones (1969); Zug for 4 Trombones (1970); Shazam for Trumpet (1984); With Love for Piano (1985); Escalations for Brass Quintet (1988). VOCAL: 7 Poems by Nils Ferlin for Chorus (1958); Notturno for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet (1959); Pièce for Speaking Chorus (Swedish, German, and Eng. versions, 1961; in collaboration with L. O’Mansson); Souvenirs for Reciter, Electric Organ, and Rhythm Section (1963); Rondes for Chorus (1964); O. D. for Men’s Chorus (1965); Joe’s Harp for Chorus (1970); Tva Strofer for Chorus (1980); to love for Chorus, after e.e. cummings (1984); songs. OTHER: Eli?? for Electronics (1967); To the Barbender for Tape (1982); New Construction for Small Children, Electronics, and Various Sound Sources (1984); Cyclone for Electronics (1985).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire