Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg

Amanda Teresia Waesterberg (1842–1918) was a Swedish composer. Biography Amanda (née Sandborg) was born in Stockholm on 16 December 1842 as the daughter of Carl Sandborg (1793−1862), a cantor at Maria Magdalena Church and the Royal Swedish Opera, and his wife Frederica Cecilia (née Hagberg). At her baptism, Jacob Niclas Ahlström, conductor at the Royal Court of Sweden, was one of Amanda’s godfathers. After having received her first music lessons at home together with her siblings, she enrolled in the class choir at the educational institution of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She was married to Lars Magnus Waesterberg, and became the mother-in-law of the industrialist Fredrik Ljungström. From 1875, under the pen name “A S-g”, Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg composed hundreds of works. She was also active in piano pedagogy. Further reading *Bernskiöld, Hans (1986). “Amanda Sandborg-Waesterberg”. Sjung, av hjärtat sjung (Göteborg, 1986): sid. 67–69. Libris 9221031 *Sköldmark, Katarina (1990). Amanda Sandborg-Waesterberg: 1842–1918 : kort biografi och verkförteckning. Stockholm: Musikvetenskapliga institutionen. Libris 877184 *Bernskiöld, Hans (1992). “‘Vem som helst’: musiksyn och m