Research topic: Carl Michael Bellman

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