Folke Rabe

Folke Rabe (28 October 1935 – 25 September 2017 ) 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?? (also translated as “Was??”) (1968), Basta for solo trombone (1982), Escalations for brass quintet (1988), Concerto for trombone: “All the Lonely People” (1989) featuring quotes from The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”, and With Love No. 1 and 2 for piano (1988). A more extensive list is given below. Works Orchestral music *Hep-Hep for symphony orchestra (1966) *All the Lonely People…, concert for trombone and chamber orchestra (1989) *Naturen, flocken och släkten (”Nature, Herd and Relatives”), concert for French horn and string orchestra (1991) *Sardine Sarcophagus, concert for trumpet and sinfonietta (1995) *Så att denna sång inte dör (”So That this Song Will Not Die”) for symphony orchestra (1998) *L’Assiuolo caprese, concert for brass quintet and orchestra (2002) Works for band *Henry IV (1964) *Altiplano (1982) Works for radio *ISNOT, music dramatic work for