Daniel Fryklund
A Bibliography over His Works
And an Introduction to His
Biography
By
2009-12-01
Carl Claudius, Rudolf Nydahl and Daniel Fryklund are
the most important Scandinavian collectors of musical instruments and musicalia
during the 20th century. Carl Claudius (1855-1931) was from
Lars Axel Daniel Fryklund was born on 4th May
Whenever Fryklund came across violins and other
instruments he looked for maker's labels. He started to study books about
musical instruments and became curious about the etymology of their names. This
led to further investigations of instruments in museums and in collections,
starting in
Fryklund travelled all over Europe during his life and
he bought and brought instruments in abundance and piles of music and music
literature to
According to Sohlmans' musiklexikon his collection comprised about 900 musical instruments, a large collection of books about music, printed and manuscript music, programs, posters, pictures and about 10000 autographs and letters. In the collection are housed separate collections on the two world-famous Swedish singers Jenny Lind and Kristina Nilsson as well as on the Danish composer August Bournonville. His collection of material concerning the Marseillaise is quite outstanding and unique in the world. He evidently (and rightly so) was very proud of his collection and this was extensive enough to occupy him with studies during his long life. He has described the collection on several occasions in his books "Musica" and "Collection Fryklund".
From 1921 he kept the whole collection in his
beautiful seven-room flat on the third floor at Wieselgrensgatan 8b in
The main part of his articles and books concerns his
own collection, but often this led him to make further investigations into
other collections and libraries. Many of his musicological articles were
printed in small editions of 25-200 copies at his own expense and they seem to
have been given to friends, colleagues and libraries. Many of the copies I've
seen have written dedications by Fryklund. Due to the very limited editions
many of these prints are rare and hard to find today. When Fryklund died on 25
August 1965, after a long period of illness, at Bergalid boarding house his
complete collection as well as his property was donated to the Royal Academy of
Music and placed in the academy's library and in Musikmuseet, both in
Stockholm. Parts of his collections had earlier been donated to the
His private archive is kept in Musikmuseet in
As is stated above he made several catalogues of his
collections and paid much attention to get as much information as possible
about every instrument. The correspondence shows that he had a rich net of
contacts all over the world including fellow collectors, musicologists, dealers
in antique musical instruments, makers of musical instruments and other
specialists in the same area of interest. He kept a close contact with the
musicologist and head of Musikmuseet, Tobias Norlind. His correspondence with
Norlind was quite extensive and he visited Norlind in
We have only a few glimpses about the person Daniel
Fryklund. One is found in the recollections of a friend of his, Ruben Edelman.
They were both members of the
One of his biographers compares him with Tartarin de Tarascon, the French bachelor and collector described by Alphonse Daudet. His outward resemblance with the Soviet politician Vjatjeslav Molotov resulted in many caricatures which can be found in his archive and he was obviously amused by this resemblance. He was a man with regular habits and every day at exactly the same time he went home, had coffee or tea with two biscuits and a cigarette. It was a precious moment of rest. He had his other meals at Nya Sällskapet-Handelsklubben [New Society-Club of Commerce] and he always sat in the same place in an old leather-covered sofa. When the premises were restored and the sofa was thrown away Fryklund felt lost and ill at ease.
Despite his shyness he took part in many social
activities. He was member of several clubs and societies: member of the
committee of L'Alliance française in
Translations of titles in English and in square brackets are editorial.
Afrikanska musikinstrument i Sundsvalls läroverks
etnografiska samlingar [African Musical Instruments in the Ethnographic
Collections of the
Anteckningar om Jenny Lind [Notes on Jenny Lind]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 26/1944, pp. 150-187)
Anteckningar om några hovkapellister [Notes about some Court Musicians]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 33/1951 pp. 136-141)
Att samla musik. Lektor Daniel Fryklund visar och
berättar för Fokus [Collecting Music. Senior master Daniel Fryklund shows and
reports for Fokus]. (Fokus November 1943, p. 6-7, 21). [Fokus was a journal for
the secondary-school for boys in
Att samla musikinstrument [On Collecting Musical Instruments]. Hälsingborg 1937. 18 pp.
August Bournonville. Hälsingborg 1929. 29 pp.
Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Baryton. (Deutsche Instrumentenbau-Zeitung, 10 Sept. 1925, pp. 532-533). 2 pp.
Bidrag till gitarristiken [Contributions to the History of the Guitar]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 13/1931, pp. 73-129). An English translations is published here.
Bidrag till kännedomen om Kristina Nilsson [Contributions to the Knowledge about Kristina Nilsson]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 25/1943, pp. 183-194)
Bidrag till kännedomen om viola d'amore [Contributions to the Knowledge of the Viola d'amore]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 3/1921, pp. 1-36).
Blåsinstrument av glas [Wind Instruments of Glass]. Hälsingborg 1934. 7 pp.
Brev från Bernhard Crusell [Letters from Bernhard
Crusell].
Brev från Gunnar Wennerberg [Letters from Gunnar Wennerberg]. Hälsingborg 1923. 20 pp.
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de l'Alliance Française de Helsingborg. Hälsingborg 1938. 11 pp.
Colascione och colascionister. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 18/1936, pp. 88-118).
Collection Fryklund. Musica. Hälsingborg 1929. 109 pp.
Collection Fryklund, Hälsingborg. (Glareana No. 5/6 1953, pp. 4-6).
Collection Fryklund 1949. Hälsingborg 1949. 50 pp.
Contribution à la connaissance de la correspondence de Fétis (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 12/1930, pp. 85-154).
Die Sammlung der Musikinstrumente im
Die Sammlung der Musikinstrumente im
Die Viola d'amore. (
Éditions anglaises de la Marseillaise. Hälsingborg 1936. 15 pp.
Eine Musiksammlung in
Eine Pochette d'amour von Thomas Edlinger dem Aelteren. (Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 38/1918 No. 22, 1 May 1918, pp. 223-224 and Deutsche Militär-Musiker-Zeitung, 40/1918 No. 46, 15 November 1918 p. )
Eine Schwedische Sammlung von Briefen von und an Fétis. (Société international de musicologie. 1er congrès Liège 1930 pp. 113-117)
Einige Deutsche Ausdrücke für 'Geige'. (Minneskrift af
forna lärjungar tillägnad Axel Erdmann.
En pochette d'amour af Thomas Edlinger d.ä. [A
Pochette d'Amour by Thomas Edlinger the Elder].
En samling Marseljäsen utställd i Musikhistoriska
föreningen i
Ett besök i Markneukirchen [A Visit to Markneukirchen]. (Musiktidningen 1914 p. 196)
Ett brev från Andreas Randel. Meddeladt af Daniel Fryklund [A Letter from Andreas Randel]. (Personhistorisk tidskrift 1917, 1/2, pp. 30-33)
Ett brev från Rouget de Lisle [A Letter from Rouget de l'Isle]. Hälsingborg 1936. 7 pp.
Etymologische Studien über Geige - Gigue - Jig.
(Studier i modern språkvetenskap 6.
Etymologier för och betydelseskridningar hos några engelska benämningar på musikinstrument [Etymologies for and Changes of Meaning in some English Terms for Musical Instruments]. Undated and unpublished manuscript. 75 pp. Musikmuseet, the private archive of Daniel Fryklund, capsule 1.
Exposition de la Marseillaise.
Förteckning på Edward Lights musikaliska verk [A Catalogue of the Musical Works by Edward Light]. Hälsingborg 1931. 25 pp.
Handlingar rörande hovkapellister [Acts on Court Musicians]. Hälsingborg 1926. 32 pp.
Henriette Nissen. - Siegfrid Saloman. Hälsingborg 1929. 18 pp.
Hymne des Marseillais.
Jenny Lind. Utställning. Hälsingborg. 1944. 7 pp.
L'Alliance française de Helsingborg 1930-1940. Hälsingborg 1940. 12 pp.
La Marseillaise dans les pays scandinaves. Hälsingborg 1936. 39 pp.
La Marseillaise en Allemagne. Hälsingborg 1936. 32 pp.
Le galoubet provençal. Hälsingborg 1939. 8 pp.
Les changements de signification des expressions
droîte et de gauche dans les langues romanes et spécialement en français.
Thèse.
Marseljäsen [The Marseillaise]. Ett 150-årsminne. Hälsingborg 1942. 19 pp.
Marseljäsen i svensk skollitteratur [The Marseillaise
in
Marseljäsens kompositör och violinen [The Composer of the Marseillaise and the Violin]. (Slöjd och ton 4/1934, p. 78)
Min hobby: Att samla musikinstrument. Radioföredrag 26 juli 1937 [My Hobby. To Collect Musical Instruments. Radio Lecture 26 July 1937]. Undated and unpublished manuscript. 8 pp. Musikmuseet, the private archive of Daniel Fryklund, capsule 1.
Musikaliska frimärken [Musical Stamps]. (Dagens Nyheter 25 February 1940, bilaga)
Musikbibliografiska anteckningar [Bibliographical Notes on Music]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 10/1928, pp. 158-203).
Några brev från Bernhard Crusell [Some letters from Bernhard Crusell]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 31/1949, pp. 169-181)
Några Fétis-brev à propos ett nyutkommet arbete [Some Letters from Fétis à propos a Recently Published Work]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 34/1952, pp. 123-139)
Några italienska nottryck från början af 1600-talet [Some Italian Music Prints from the Beginning of the 17th Century]. (Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen 3/1916, pp. 291-292)
Några svenska uttryck för begreppet h u v u d och
deras motsvarigheter i andra språk [Some Swedish Expressions for the Conception
"Head" and their Counterparts in other Languages].
Om Marseljäsen i Sverige [On the Marseillaise in
Rouget de Lisle och Marseljäsen i en svensk samling [Rouget de l'Isle and the Marseillaise in a Swedish Collection]. Hälsingborg 1936. 7 pp.
Samlingen av musikinstrument i Hälsingborgs museum
[The Collection of Musical Instruments in the
Samlingen av musikinstrument på Ystadsutställningen 1936 [The Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ystad Exhibition 1936]. Hälsingborg 1936. 7 pp.
Spikharmonikan [The Nail Violin]. (Slöjd och ton 4/1934 p. 52)
Studien über die Pochette.
Studier över galoubetn [Studies on the Galoubet]. Hälsingborg 1939. 24 pp.
Studier över lyragitarren [Studies on the Lyre Guitar]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning
9/1927, pp. 117-148).
Studier över marintrumpeten [Studies on the Trumpet Marine]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 1/1919, pp. 40-57).
Svenska musikinstrument i utländska samlingar [Swedish
Musical Instruments in Foreign Collections]. This publication has not been
located. Source: Langwill, Lyndsay G., Fryklund, (Lars Axel) Daniel. (The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6.
Två brev från Ambroise Thomas [Two Letters from Ambroise Thomas]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 21/1939, pp. 154-157).
Två brev från Louise Michaëli och Signe Hebbe till Astolf Möller [Two Letters from Louise Michaëli and Signe Hebbe to Astolf Möller]. Hälsingborg 1929. 7 pp.
Tyska brev från Ludvig Norman [Letters in German from Ludvig Norman]. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 11/1929, pp. 190-221)
Une lyre-guitare d'Ory.
Utkast till förteckning över kompositioner av Johan
Agrell i
Utställning av musikinstrument
Vergleichende Studien über deutsche Ausdrücke mit der Bedeutung Musikinstrument. Uppsala 1910. 38 pp.
Viola di bardone. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 4/1922, pp. 129-152).
Reviews and other articles
Hedvig Boivie, Några svenska lut- och fiolmakare under 1700-talet. (Ur nutidens musikliv 2/1921, pp. 62-63
Émile de Girardin: La joie fait peur. (Moderna språk 10/1916, pp. 161-162)
W. L. von Lütgendorff, Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart... Viol- och lutmakare från medeltiden till nutiden. W. L. Lütgendorff: (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 4/1922 pp. 101-108)
Tobias Norlind: Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. 2. Geschichte des Klaviers. (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 21/1939 pp. 158-161)
Curt Sachs, Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente. (Svensk humanistisk tidskrift No. 9, 1/1917 pp. 279-280)
Voltaire. Zadig. Victor Hugo: Les Misérables. (Pedagogisk tidskrift 15/1915 pp. 18-20)
Daniel Fryklund contributed with many articles to the first edition of Sohlmans musiklexikon, published in Stockholm 1948-1952. He was furthermore responsible editor for the articles concerning musical instruments.
Ahlin, Robert, Fru Musicas nordiska beundrare nummer 1. (Slöjd och ton 12/1942 pp. 42-44, Käpphästen, February 1942, pp. 8 -10
Anon. Musikinstrument från hela världen. (Musikern 1944, p. 23
Anon. Daniel Fryklund 70 år. (Slöjd och ton 19/1949 p. 152-153)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Das Grosse Lexikon der Musik. 3. Freiburg 1980, p. 187)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon. Erster Band. Wiesbaden 1978, pp. 434-435)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Diccionario de la música labor. Tomo 1. Barcelona 1954, pp. 976-977)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Enciclopedia della musica. Volume secondo. Milano 1964, p. 243)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Enciclopedia salvat de la música. Tomo II. Barcelona 1967, p. 262)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Riemann Musik Lexikon. Personenteil A-K. Mainz 1959, p. 560)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Encyclopédie de la musique. Tome II. Paris 1959, p. 182)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Dictionnaire de la musique. A-K. Paris 1979, p. 375)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti. Volume terzo. Torino 1986, pp. 50-51)
Anon. Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Allgemene muziekencyclopedie. Deel II. Antwerpen 1958, p. 639)
Anon. Fryklund, Daniel. (Aschehougs musikleksikon. Copenhagen MCMLVII, p. 291)
Anon. [Daniel Fryklund]. Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien Årsbok 1965. Stockholm 1965 p. 7
B. S-e. En fru Musicas tempeltjänare. (Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning 15 October 1938, bilaga)
Dale, Kathleen, Fryklund, (Lars Axel) Daniel. (Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. III, London 1954 p. 511)
Edelman, R[uben]. Lektor Daniel Fryklund. (Minnen från Hälsingborg och dess skola. H. 35, Stockholm 1968, pp. 129-134)
Langwill, Lyndsay G., Fryklund, (Lars Axel) Daniel. (The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6. London 1980, p. 879)
Lellky, Åke, Daniel Fryklund. (Sohlmans musiklexikon. 2., Stockholm 1950, col. 384-385)
Lindfors, Per, Daniel Fryklund. (Svenska män och kvinnor. 2. Stockholm 1944, p. 626)
Nordberger, Carl, Collection Fryklund - en unik samling. (Slöjd och ton 20/1950 pp. 38-40)
Norlind, Tobias, Musikalisk arsenal. Hos lektor Daniel Fryklund. (Svenska hem i ord och bilder 1947 pp. 24-27)
Penelope, Studenten spelade fiol. (Idun 1947, No. 27, pp. 10, 26)
Ridell, Jan, Daniel Fryklund. (Sohlmans musiklexikon. 2., Second, revised and enlarged edition, Stockholm 1975, p. 694)
Ridell, Jan, Daniel Fryklund. (Cappelens musikkleksikon. 3., Oslo 1979, p. 14)
Walin, Stig, Fryklund, Lars Axel Daniel. (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Band 4. Kassel und Basel 1954, pp. 1071-1072
Many other articles about Fryklund and his collections appeared in Swedish and foreign newspapers during the years. Press-cuttings from these can be found in his private archive, capsule 28.
Many thanks to Birgit Kjellström and Birgitta Dahl
from Musikmuseet, Anna Lena Holm and
Daniel Fryklund -
a Translation of His "Bidrag till gitarristiken" (Contributions to
Guitar Studies). Part One
Daniel Fryklund - samlare,
forskare och pionjär inom svensk gitarrforskning
Daniel Fryklunds
archive and collections. A List prepared by Inger Enquist
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