Death of a curious Swedish composer
mainFolke Rabe died this week, aged 81.
A leading electronic avant-gardist in the 1950s, he settled down as music editor of Swedish Radio.
Well, a man’s gotta eat.
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“Was??” – the answer is in this case “pure torture.” However, Folke Rabe was a talented jazz musician (trombonist) and improviser which made his “classical” compositions “swing” at times.