Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (born 1796)

Franz Berwald

Swedish Romantic composer (1796 – 1868)

Franz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more appreciated as a composer after his death than he had been in his lifetime. Prominent in his oeuvre…