Spouse(s) Clara Stromberg Name Oscar Ahnfelt | Role Singer | |
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Born May 21, 1813 ( 1813-05-21 ) Gullarp, Skane Occupation singer, composer, publisher Similar People Gote Strandsjo, Einar Ekberg, Ingemar Olsson, Oskar Lindberg, Egil Hovland | ||
Day by Day (Baptist Hymnal #66)
Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882) was a Swedish singer, composer and music publisher.
Contents
- Day by Day Baptist Hymnal 66
- Day By Day A Cappella Hymn
- The spiritual troubadour of Sweden
- Selected hymns by Oscar Ahnfelt
- References
Day By Day - A Cappella Hymn
The spiritual troubadour of Sweden
Ahnfelt composed the music for many of Lina Sandell's hymns. He was a pietist, who traveled all over Scandinavia, playing his 10-string guitar and singing her lyrics. The state church authorities did not like pietistic hymns and, anticipating a royal injunction against the singing of Sandell's songs, ordered Ahnfelt to sing them before King Karl XV. But after hearing them, the King announced to Ahnfelt, "You may sing as much as you desire in both of my kingdoms." Ahnfelt sang them so much that Sandell wrote, "Ahnfelt has sung my songs into the hearts of the people."
Sandell - Ahnfelt hymns have spread throughout the world. Two of the best-known ones in English are Children of the Heavenly Father (Tryggare kan ingen vara) and Day by day (Blott en dag).
Jenny Lind, known worldwide as the "Swedish Nightingale", was also a pietist and popularized Sandell's hymns in America and wherever she sang. She additionally helped finance Ahnfelt's Andeliga Sånger (Sacred Songs), first published in 1850.
Ahnfelt died October 22, 1882 in Karlshamn, Blekinge. He is buried in Hvilans Kyrkogård (Hvilans Cemetery) in Karlshamn.
Selected hymns by Oscar Ahnfelt
The following hymns have melodies composed by Oscar Ahnfelt.