スウェーデンの作曲家Wilhelm Stenhammarのコミュニティ。ヴィルヘルム・ステンハンマルは、1871年ストックホルムに生まれ、ベルリンで学び、作曲家としてのみならず、ピアニスト、指揮者としても活躍、1927年56歳で没した。スウェーデン音楽史上、アルヴェーンなどと並びステンハンマルはスウェーデンを代表する作曲家。
Stenhammar was born in Stockholm and his musical education first took place there. He then went to Berlin to further his studies in music. He became a glowing admirer of German music, particularly that of Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner. He subsequently sought to emancipate himself and write in a more "Nordic" style, looking to Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius for guidance.
From 1906 to 1922 he was Artistic Director and chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony, the first full-time professional orchestra in Sweden. In this capacity, he organized many a performance of music by contemporary Scandinavian composers. Briefly, in 1909, he held the position of director of music at Uppsala University, where he was succeeded in the following year by Hugo Alfvén.
Wilhelm Stenhammar died of a stroke at 56 years of age in Jonsered in the historic province of Västergötland.