Essays on Swedish Cultural Life During the Late Eighteenth Century

Alan Mauritz Swanson is Professor Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago, USA, in comparative literature and has also studied musicology at Stockholm University, Sweden. His studies have included Swedish immigration to North America and its literature, and work on the Swedish theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries. His honours include being appointed as Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.Bertil van Boer is Professor Emeritus in Musicology-Theory at Western Washington University, USA. A conductor, scholar, and composer, his work includes the Historical Dictionary of Music in the Classical Period and monographs on Joseph Martin Kraus. He is a member of the Swedish Royal Musical Academy.