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Carl Michael Bellman

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carl Michael Bellman , 1740-95, Swedish poet; protégé of Gustavus III. His early poetry was chiefly religious. His dithyrambic odes in Fredmans Epistlar (1790) and Fredmans Sånger (1791) include bacchanals, pastorals, and comic pieces. A fine performer of his own verse, Bellman sometimes wrote music for it, but more often he borrowed French melodies and music from contemporary plays. Bibliography: See J. Massengale, The Musical-Poetic Method of C. M. Bellman (1979). Author not available, BELLMAN, CARL MICHAEL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixt... Read more
Bellman, Carl Michael
Carl Michael Bellman Swedish poet and musician Carl Michael Bellman (1740 – 1795), often recognized...Last of the Troubadours: the Life of Carl Michael Bellman, "whenever three Swedes . . . are... Read more
Swedish literature
...intellectualism was set forth in the numerous works of Emanuel Swedenborg . The greatest Swedish poet of the age, Carl Michael Bellman , wrote superb verse inspired by traditional Swedish songs. In the reign of Gustavus III , founder of the Swedish... Read more

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