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Evert Taube (International) assertion Evert Taube i(7712474 works by) (a.k.a. Evert Axel Taube)
This international person is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Born: Established: 12 Mar 1890 Goteborg,
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Sweden,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 31 Jan 1976 Stockholm,
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Sweden,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Swedish
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Swedish author, artist, composer and singer Evert Taube is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition.

While in Australia during the early twentieth century Taube composed at least three ballads about the country. One of these songs 'Himlajord' (meaning 'Earth From Heaven' or 'Heaven-blessed Soil') is about a Swedish carpenter Gustaf Löfgren (aka John Löfgren) who emigrated to Australia and grew oranges near the Queensland town of Ipswich. 'Himlajord' is considered to be among the most significant Swedish ballads of the 20th century.

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  • Taube's 'ballad art was consciously tied to traditional ballad prototypes: folk songs from various parts of the world, sea shanties, and more. Equally conscious was his opposition to modern poetry's overly contemplative and pessimistic character. Taube's songs aimed to be timeless in their homage to life, nature and love. There is a fresh affirmation of life in his ballads, whether they employ motifs from Latin America (where he spent some years during his youth), from the seven seas, from Italy or from the areas of Sweden he especially celebrated' (Ingemar Alguin. ctd 20/08/2014)

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