Ika Peyronaus impressionism + romantic

Albertina Fredrika “Ika” Peyron, née Asp, (* 1 July 1845 in Timrå; † 15 March 1922 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer, pianist and organist.

Life

Peyron was the foster child of the merchant Anton Asp, who from the beginning wanted her to get an education and a profession and become a doctor. However, she was interested in music and is said to have accompanied her own songs on the piano at the age of four. She therefore took piano lessons in Stockholm. Peyron was a pupil of Louise Engström, Ivar Hallström, Johan van Boom, Emil Sjögren and Anton Andersen. After confirmation, she attended a boarding school in London for a few years.

She married the merchant and Member of Parliament Ludvig Peyron in 1865 and devoted the following years exclusively to her family. After her sons had grown up, Peyron began to devote herself seriously to composition in the late 1870s. She taught and performed in the Nya Idun Society and gave public concerts in several chapels in the theatre.

During the 19. During the 19th century, the prevailing view among male composers was that women’s works were merely frivolous “sentimentalism”, but towards the end of the same century several women emerged as successful composers, including Peyron (other names from the same period include Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Louise Héritte-Viardot and Cécile Chaminade). Peyron had tried to compose before her marriage, but had not been trusted to do so because of her gender. When she resumed her activities, however, there was greater acceptance of women composers. She wrote songs as well as compositions for violin, piano and solo songs. Her collected works consist of about 40 compositions. Among the best-known works of her time are above all her compositions for piano and solo voice.

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