1824–1890.
Conductor, music teacher.
Oscar Arpi was born in Börstil in northeastern Uppland in 1824.
Arpi was the conductor of Allmänna sången 1852–1871 and for Orphei Drängar 1853–1854, as well as music teacher at Katedralskolan in Uppsala 1855–1876.
He was uppsala student union leader 1852–1871 and led the Allmänna sången when the choir won the first prize at the international singing competition for male choirs in paris in 1867.
Oscar Arpi with baton and vocal fork, ca 1870. Photo: Heinrich Osti / UUB.
Concert poster with Allmänna Sången from 1853. Photo: UUB.
Arpi was temperamental, had a technical musical talent and a magnetic and personal conductor talent.
Burial site: 0102-0131
Image description: Oscar Arpi, Uppsala ca 1865- ca 1880. Photo: Heinrich Osti / UUB. [The image is cropped]
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