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Werle was known for his avant-gardist, post-Webernian composition Pentagram for string quartet that won first prize at the Gaudeamus Festival in Bilthoven in 1960. He became known for his vocal and choral music, as well as his operas, such as Drömmen om Thérèse and "Resan", the latter of which he made with psychedelic rock group Mecki Mark Men .
Lars Johan Werle, född 23 juni 1926 i Gävle, död 3 augusti 2001 i Västra Frölunda, var en svensk tonsättare . Biografi. Werle var som tonsättare huvudsakligen självlärd, men han hade studerat kontrapunkt för Sven-Erik Bäck 1949-1952 och musikvetenskap vid Uppsala universitet 1948-1950.
Lars Johan Werle's score is employed only in the latter half of the film, with the music accompanying the scene in which Johan murders a boy employing flutes, clarinets and tubas and then oboes and horns, followed by flutes, trombones and violins. Aside from the music, the boy's screams are the only sound in the scene.
Lars Johan Werle, composer, teacher, radio producer, singer and jazz musician; born Gävle, Sweden 23 June 1926; married 1956 Ingrid Jeansson (one son; marriage dissolved), 1963 Birgitta...
Swedish opera composer, environmentalist, jazz musician, radio producer, singer and teacher Lars Johan Werle was born in Gävle on 23 June 1926.
Werle, Lars Johan Swedish composer; b. Gavie, June 23, 1926. He studied with Back (composition) and Moberg (musicology) at the Univ. of Uppsala (1948-51). He held positions at the Swedish Radio (1958-70) and as an instructor at the National School of Music Drama in Stockholm (1970-76), and then was resident composer of Göteborg (1976-79).
LARS JOHAN WERLE as a composer was self-taught, though he studied counterpoint with Sven-Erik Bäck. He also studied musicology with Carl-Allan Moberg at the University of Uppsala. During this period Werle also sang in choirs, including the Bel Canto Choir, and worked as a jazz musician.
