Folke Rabe


Folke Rabe was a Swedish composer. He was born in Stockholm and studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where his teachers included Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Ingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti and others. He died in Stockholm, aged 81.
His works include the electronic drone pieces What?? , Basta for solo trombone, Escalations for brass quintet, Concerto for trombone: "All the Lonely People" featuring quotes from The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby", and With Love No. 1 and 2 for piano. A more extensive list is given below.

Works

Orchestral music

  • Hep-Hep for symphony orchestra
  • All the Lonely People..., concert for trombone and chamber orchestra
  • Naturen, flocken och släkten, concert for French horn and string orchestra
  • Sardine Sarcophagus, concert for trumpet and sinfonietta
  • Så att denna sång inte dör for symphony orchestra
  • L'Assiuolo caprese, concert for brass quintet and orchestra

    Works for band

  • Henry IV
  • ''Altiplano''

    Works for radio

  • ISNOT, music dramatic work for radio, text by Björner Torsson

    Choral works

  • 7 poems by Nils Ferlin for mixed chorus
  • Pièce for speaking chorus, with Lasse O'Månsson
  • Rondes for mixed chorus
  • OD for male chorus
  • Joe's Harp for mixed chorus
  • Två strofer for mixed chorus, text by Göran Sonnevi
  • to love for mixed chorus, text by E.E. Cummings
  • Hövisk pålslagarmadrigal for OD, 150 for male chorus

    Vocal music

  • Havets hand 1 and 2 for voice and piano, text by Elmer Diktonius
  • Notturno for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe and clarinet, text by Edith Södergran
  • Två sånger till Rune Lindström på Svenska Flaggans Dag for voice and piano, text by the composer
  • SJU 7 – Lättjan for tenor solo, mixed chorus, 3 percussionists and string quartet, text by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

    Chamber music

  • Suite for two clarinets
  • Divertimento for Solo Clarinet
  • Bolos for 4 trombones, with Jan Bark
  • Impromptu for clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, cello, piano and percussion
  • Souvenirs for speaker, hammond organ and rhythm group
  • Pajazzo for 8 jazz musicians
  • Polonaise for 4 trombones, lighting & movement, with Jan Bark
  • Basta for solo trombone
  • Shazam for trumpet solo
  • Escalations for brass quintet
  • Tintomara for trumpet and trombone
  • Jawbone Five for trombone and 6 percussionists
  • A Chaser for flute, violin, cello and piano

    Music for organ

  • ''Sebastian''

    Music for piano

  • 7 Variations for Piano
  • ''With Love''

    Film music

  • Mannen som övergav bilar, with Ken Dewey
  • På månen blåser ingen hambo, with The Culture Quartet
  • Pank for trombones and keyboards, with Olle Eriksson

    Electronic music

  • ARGH!, electroacoustic music
  • Va?? Was?? What??, electroacoustic music
  • To the Barbender, electroacoustic music
  • Narrskeppet, intermedia performance
  • Cyclone, electroacoustic music
  • Älskade lilla gris for narrator, electroacoustic music and slide projections, text by Ulf Nilsson
  • Världsmuséet, intermedia performance, with The New Culture Quartet
  • Narragonien, indermedia performance, with The New Culture Quartet
  • Swinee River, electroacoustic music

    Selected discography

  • What??. Reissued with an added half-speed version, formerly on Wergo.