Eduard Brendler

Frans Fredric Eduard Brendler, born in Dresden on 4 November 1800 and died on 16 August 1831 in Stockholm, was for a short period during the 1820s the most promising composer in Stockholm’s post-Gustavian music scene. After debuting with a series of piano pieces and songs, he had his breakthrough in 1830 with the oratorio, Spastaras död. In 1831 Brendler began composing the opera Ryno, however, his untimely death interrupted work on the piece that was then completed by Prince Oscar. Brendler was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1831.