Natanael Berg

Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879, Stockholm – 14 October 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish composer.

Berg trained in veterinary medicine and began learning music by teaching himself. He later studied at the Stockholm Conservatory. Until 1939, he served as a veterinarian in the Swedish Army and afterwards became a freelance composer.

His output included five operas, three ballets, five symphonies as well as several symphonic poems, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, a serenade for violin and orchestra, a piano quintet, ballades, lieder, and pieces for piano.

Chronological list of selected works

 * Saul och David, 1907
 * Eros vrede, 1907
 * Traumgewalten, symphonic poem, 1910
 * Leila, opera, 1910
 * Mannen och kvinnan, 1911
 * Predikaren, 1911
 * Symphony No. 1 Alles endet was entstehet, 1913
 * Varde Ljus, symphonic poem, 1914
 * Älvorna, ballet, 1914
 * Israels lovsång, 1915
 * Symphony No. 2 Årstiderna, 1916
 * Symphony No. 3 Makter, 1917
 * Piano Quintet, 1917
 * Die badenden Kinder, 1918
 * Violin Concerto, 1918
 * Symphony No. 4 Pezzo Sinfonico, 1918
 * Sensitiva, ballet, 1919
 * String Quartet, 1919
 * Hertiginnans friare, ballet, 1920
 * Serenade for Violin and Orchester, 1923
 * Symphony No. 5 Trilogia delle passioni, 1924
 * Höga Visan, 1925
 * Engelbrekt, opera, 1928 (Engelbrecht, Braunschweig, 1933)
 * Piano Concerto, 1931
 * Judith, opera, 1935
 * Birgitta, opera, 1942
 * Genoveva, opera, 1944–46
 * Tre konungar, Part 1, opera (incomplete), 1950–1954, orchestrated up to 1957