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    {
      "description": "Mathilda Gyllenhaal f. d'Orozco. Uppsala universitetsbibliotek (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Arkiv",
      "type_eng": "Archive",
      "url": "http://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/view.jsf?aq=%5B%5B%7B%22A_FQ%22%3A%22mathilda+gyllenhaal%22%7D%5D%5D&c=1&aqe=%5B%5D&af=%5B%5D&searchType=EXTENDED&query=mathilda+gyllenhaal&pid=alvin-record%3A2795&dswid=-6290#alvin-record%3A2795"
    },
    {
      "description": "Mathilda Gyllenhaal [d'Orozco] (1796\u22121863). Levande musikarv (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Arkiv",
      "type_eng": "Archive",
      "url": "http://levandemusikarv.se/tonsattare/gyllenhaal-mathilda/"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Mathilda Gyllenhaal', urn:sbl:13371, *Svenskt biografiskt lexikon* (art av Olle Franz\u00e9n) (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13371"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Matilda \u2029d\u2019Orozco\u2029 (Montgomery\u2010Cederschi\u00f6ld)\u2029 Gyllenhaal \u2029(1796\u20101863)'. *Sveriges Orkesterf\u00f6rbund* (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "https://www.orkester.nu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MatildadOrozco.pdf"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Mathilda d'Orozco', *Wikipedia* (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_d%27Orozco"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Montgomery-Cederhielm, Mathilda'. *Kvinnliga tons\u00e4ttare* (H\u00e4mtad 2018-02-13)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "http://female-composers.forts.se/montgomery-cederhielm-mathilda/"
    }
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  "subtitle": "Salongsv\u00e4rdinna, f\u00f6rfattare, komposit\u00f6r",
  "subtitle_eng": "Hostess of cultural salons, author, composer",
  "text": "Mathilda Gyllenhaal h\u00f6ll kulturella salonger d\u00e4r konstn\u00e4rer, poeter och musiker kunde m\u00f6tas och f\u00e5 utbyte av varandra. Samtidigt skrev hon poesi, skapade och spelade musik. Hon tonsatte flera framst\u00e5ende svenska skalders texter.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal v\u00e4xte upp i Florens, med en mor fr\u00e5n \u00d6sterrike och en far fr\u00e5n Spanien. Som 17-\u00e5ring blev hon bortgift med den 20 \u00e5r \u00e4ldre italienske adelsmannen Bartolomeo\nCenami som var Elisa Bonapartes \u00f6verhovstallm\u00e4stare, men blev \u00e4nka redan efter tv\u00e5 \u00e5r. Den svenske \u00f6versten Josias Montgomery-Cederhielm tr\u00e4ffade Mathilda Gyllenhaal under en studieresa i Italien 1811. Han lovordade hennes s\u00e5ngr\u00f6st i en reseskildring och bad snart om hennes hand. Efter en tids brevv\u00e4xling gifte de sig och flyttade till godset Segersj\u00f6 utanf\u00f6r \u00d6rebro. H\u00e4r l\u00e4rde sig Mathilda Gyllenhaal snabbt svenska och blev en uppskattad v\u00e4rdinna. Hon anordnade stora fester, bland annat med *tableaux vivants*, \u201dlevande tavlor\u201d, d\u00e4r g\u00e4sterna f\u00f6rest\u00e4llde olika legender eller k\u00e4nda konstverk. Men livet p\u00e5 landsbygden blev l\u00e5ngsamt f\u00f6r henne och paret hyrde en v\u00e5ning i Stockholm. H\u00e4r skapade Mathilda Gyllenhaal en kulturell salong f\u00f6r Stockholms societet vilken blev v\u00e4lbes\u00f6kt av de fr\u00e4msta inom litteratur, konst och politik. G\u00e4sterna underh\u00f6lls med konversation, s\u00e5ng och musik.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal hade en vacker altst\u00e4mma och var en beg\u00e5vad harpist och pianist. Enligt musikforskaren Tobias Norlind var hon \u00e4ven en skolad komposit\u00f6r. Att hon var en v\u00e4lutbildad koloraturs\u00e5ngerska gav avtryck i hennes tons\u00e4ttningar som bestod av avancerade kadenser, ofta i italiensk ariestil. Hon komponerade flera solos\u00e5nger men \u00e4ven kammarmusik och milit\u00e4rmusik. Hon umgicks vid hovet och fick som uppdrag av kronprins Oscar att komponera arm\u00e9ns tapto och revelj.\n\nVid 1820-talets b\u00f6rjan k\u00f6pte familjen egendomen Stora Fr\u00f6sunda i Solna d\u00e4r de bodde under\nvinterhalv\u00e5ret. Mathilda Gyllenhaal fortsatte att h\u00e5lla salong och under denna tid v\u00e4xte hennes\nsociala liv \u00e4n mer, \u00e4ven efter makens d\u00f6d 1825 d\u00e5 hon fortsatt bodde kvar p\u00e5 Stora Fr\u00f6sunda\ntillsammans med de fyra barnen. Bekantskaper som kan n\u00e4mnas \u00e4r poeten och diplomaten Carl\nGustaf von Brinkman, de aristokratiska familjerna af Ugglas, Beskows, \u00c5kerhielms och Kr\u00e6mers\nsamt litterat\u00f6rer som C.V. B\u00f6ttiger och [Fredrika Bremer](0000000123200572). Mathilda Gyllenhaal tr\u00e4ffade\nunder denna tid \u00e4ven Esaias Tegn\u00e9r. F\u00f6r att f\u00e5 umg\u00e5s med Mathilda Gyllenhaal bodde han under\nperioder p\u00e5 Stora Fr\u00f6sunda. Hon improviserade kring hans dikter och flera av s\u00e5ngerna hon komponerade publicerades, d\u00e4ribland *Axels monolog*.\n\nDet blev en produktiv period f\u00f6r Mathilda Gyllenhaal. \u00c5r 1829 publicerades bland annat hennes\n*Fyra s\u00e5nger*, till\u00e4gnade minnet av Charlotte \u00c5kerhielm och 1833 publicerades fem s\u00e5nger till\u00e4gnade landsh\u00f6vdingskan [](Lotten von Kr\u00e6mer) i Uppsala. H\u00e4ri ingick s\u00e5ngen\n*Afskeds\u00f6nskan* med text av C.V. B\u00f6ttiger. Hon l\u00e4t \u00e4ven publicera tre s\u00e5nger som till\u00e4gnades\nf\u00f6rfattaren Fredrika Bremer. S\u00e5ngerna komponerades f\u00f6r och uppf\u00f6rdes i privata salonger men\ngenom publikationerna spreds de \u00e4ven utanf\u00f6r v\u00e4nskapskretsen.\n\n\u00c5r 1839 gifte Mathilda Gyllenhaal om sig med den 18 \u00e5r yngre kavallerikaptenen, kammarherren\noch senare baronen Carl Alexander Gyllenhaal och flyttade till godset \u00d6landa utanf\u00f6r\nSkara i V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland. I och med flytten f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrades umg\u00e4nget men musiken var fortfarande i fokus. Hon komponerade nu mycket dansmusik och valser som hon framf\u00f6rde under festligheterna. Familjens liv pr\u00e4glades nu av makens yrke som milit\u00e4r, vilket avspeglade sig i de texter hon tonsatte s\u00e5som s\u00e5ngerna *Champagne-ruset*, *Sveriges fr\u00e4msta \u00e4dling*, *Hambo-Polska* och *Galoppen*.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaals s\u00e5nger anknyter ofta till den gustavianska s\u00e4llskapsvisan, som \u00e4r strofiskt\nuppbyggd, ofta i perioder om \u00e5tta eller tolv takter med enkelt klaverackompanjemang. Troligtvis\nlade hon vid sina framtr\u00e4danden till fler improviserade koloraturer \u00e4n de som finns inskrivna. Hennes tidiga\ns\u00e5nger bestod fr\u00e4mst av tons\u00e4ttningar av Tegn\u00e9rs, Beskows och B\u00f6ttigers dikter, men efter 1839 anv\u00e4nde Mathilda Gyllenhaal m\u00e5nga olika textf\u00f6rfattare och skrev \u00e4ven egna texter. Hon till\u00e4gnade ofta s\u00e5ngsamlingarna sina v\u00e4nner, med dedikationer som *\u201dtill fr\u00f6ken Maria von Stedingk\u201d*, *\u201dtill H Ex Hr Grefve M Brahe\u201d*, *\u201dtill HKH Hertigen af Upland\u201d* (prins Gustaf) och *\u201dtill HKH Hertigen af \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland\u201d* (kronprinsen Oscar, senare Oscar II).\n\nEfter flytten till Stora Ekeby tio \u00e5r senare fortsatte Mathilda Gyllenhaal att umg\u00e5s i societeten och\nmusicerade, men nu \u00e4gnade hon sig \u00e4ven \u00e5t tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsarbete och v\u00e4lg\u00f6renhet. Bland annat arbetade\nhon f\u00f6r nykterhet och inr\u00e4ttade skolor f\u00f6r fattiga flickor p\u00e5 \u00d6landa och Stora Ekeby. Under sina\nsista \u00e5r levde hon under l\u00e5nga tider ensam d\u00e5 maken vistades i Stockholm och i sin 1854 anonymt\nutgivna s\u00e5ng- och aforismsamling, *Vid julbrasan f\u00f6r n\u00e5gra \u00e5r sedan*, g\u00f6r hon reflektioner \u00f6ver\nrelationer, \u00e5ldrandets obehag och det svenska klimatet.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal dog 1863 p\u00e5 Stora Ekeby, och fick endast korta notiser i Stockholms tidningar\nkring sin bortg\u00e5ng. Hon jordf\u00e4stes i Rytterns kyrka efter katolsk ordning. Hon vilar i den\nMontgomery-Cederhielmska familjegraven p\u00e5 L\u00e4nn\u00e4s kyrkog\u00e5rd.",
  "text_eng": "Mathilda Gyllenhaal hosted cultural salons during the 19th century at which artists, poets, and musicians met and exchanged ideas. She also wrote poetry herself and created and played music. She composed music set to texts by several prominent Swedish poets.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal grew up in Florence. Her mother was from Austria and her father was Spanish. When she was 17 years old she was married off to an Italian nobleman called Bartolomeo Cenami. He was 20 years her senior and was Elisa Bonaparte\u2019s Grand Equerry. Mathilda Gyllenhaal was widowed just two years later. During a study trip to Italy in 1811 she met Josias Montgomery-Cederhielm, a Swedish colonel. He praised her singing in a travelogue and it was not long before he asked her to marry him. Following a period of corresponding the couple then married and settled at the Segersj\u00f6 estate near \u00d6rebro. Mathilda Gyllenhaal learned Swedish quickly and became a much-loved hostess. She held large parties, often including *tableaux vivants* where the guests portrayed various legends or famous artworks. However, she found life in the country dull and the couple rented an apartment in Stockholm. Here Mathilda Gyllenhaal created a salon culture for city\u2019s high-society and it was patronised by the most eminent members of literary, artistic, and political life at the time. The guests were entertained by conversation, singing, and music.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal had a beautiful alto voice and was a talented harpist and pianist. According to the musicologist Tobias Norlind she was also an accomplished composer. Her compositions, which comprised advanced cadences, often in the style of an Italian aria, bore influences of her extensive knowledge of coloratura singing. She composed several solo songs and instrumental pieces, such as chamber music and a cavalry march for her husband\u2019s regiment. She also socialised at the Swedish court and the Crown Prince Oscar asked her to compose a tattoo and reveille for the army.\n\nAt the beginning of the 1820s the family purchased the Stora Fr\u00f6sunda estate in Solna where they spent the winter months. Mathilda Gyllenhaal continued to hold her salons and during this time her social life expanded further, even after the death of her husband in 1825. She continued living at Stora Fr\u00f6sunda with her four children. Some of her acquaintances included the Uggla, Beskow, \u00c5kerhielm, and Kr\u00e6mer families as well as literary figures including C.V. B\u00f6ttiger and [Fredrika Bremer](0000000123200572). Mathilda Gyllenhaal also met Esaias Tegn\u00e9r during this time. In order to socialise with Mathilda Gyllenhaal he spent several periods living at Stora Fr\u00f6sunda. She would improvise on his poems and several of the resulting songs, including *Axels monolog*, were published. \n\nThis became a productive period for Mathilda Gyllenhaal. One of her pieces published in 1829 was her *Fyra s\u00e5nger*, dedicated to the memory of Charlotte \u00c5kerhielm, and in 1833 five of her songs dedicated to the governor [](Lotten von Kr\u00e6mer) in Uppsala were published. This included the song entitled *Afskeds\u00f6nskan* with lyrics composed by C.V. B\u00f6ttiger. The following year three of her songs dedicated to the writer Fredrika Bremer were published. These songs were composed for and performed in private salons but once published they were disseminated beyond her immediate circle of friends.\n\nIn 1839 Mathilda Gyllenhaal married Carl Alexander Gyllenhaal, a cavalry captain, chamberlain, and later baron, who was 18 years her junior. The couple settled at his \u00d6landa estate near Skara in V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland. Although the move entailed a change to their social life music continued to play an important role. Mathilda Gyllenhaal now began to compose a lot of dance music and waltzes which she would perform at parties. Life at \u00d6landa was dominated by the military, and this was reflected in the texts she set to music such as the songs *Champagne-ruset*, *Sveriges fr\u00e4msta \u00e4dling*, *Hambo-Polska*, and *Galoppen*.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal\u2019s songs were often connected to the Gustavian-era singalong songs, based on strophes, usually in 8 or 12 metre bars with simple piano accompaniment. It is probable that she added more improvised coloraturas during her performances than those which were noted down. Her earliest songs mainly comprised music for Tegn\u00e9r\u2019s, Beskow\u2019s, and B\u00f6ttiger\u2019s poems, but after 1839 Mathilda Gyllenhaal sourced her texts from a wider range of sources and sometimes even penned her own. Her published music collections were often dedicated to her friends, with phrases like \u201ctill fr\u00f6ken Maria von Stedingk\u201d, \u201ctill H Ex Hr Grefve M Brahe\u201d, \u201cTill HKH Hertigen af Upland\u201d (Prince Gustaf), and \u201cTill HKH Hertigen af \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland\u201d (Crown Prince Oscar, later King Oscar II).\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal moved to Stora Ekeby ten years later where she continued to socialise with the upper echelons of society and making music, but also began to garden and engage in charitable activities. These included supporting the abstinence movement and establishing schools for poor girls on \u00d6landa and Stora Ekeby. As her husband tended to spend time in Stockholm during her final years she spent longer spells alone. She published a collection of songs and aphorisms entitled *Vid julbrasan f\u00f6r n\u00e5gra \u00e5r sedan* anonymously in 1854, in which she reflected on relationships, the discomfort of aging, and on the Swedish climate.\n\nMathilda Gyllenhaal died at Stora Ekeby in 1863. The Stockholm papers only printed the briefest of notices regarding her passing. She was buried at Rytter church according to Catholic rites. She lies in the Montgomery-Cederhielm family grave at L\u00e4nn\u00e4s cemetery.",
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