Ida Georgina Moberg was a Finnish composer and conductor. She was born in Helsinki, and took piano and singing lessons as a child. She studied at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra School with Richard Faltin and Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

, and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She continued her education at the Dresden

Dresden

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 Conservatory with Felix Draeseke

Felix Draeseke

Felix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...

 and studied the Dalcroze method in Hellerau

Hellerau

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 and Berlin

Berlin

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After completing her education, she began work as a music teacher and composer. In 1914 Moberg took a position teaching music at the Helsinki Music Institute, and also worked as a conductor and gave private lessons. She died in Helsinki.

Works

Selected works include:

• Symphony for orchestra
• Overture in A minor for orchestra
• Lantlig dans (Country Dance) for orchestra
• Vaknen (Awaken) for male chorus and orchestra
• Tyrannens natt (The Night of the Tyrant) for male chorus and orchestra
• Asiens Ijus (The Light of Asia), opera based on a poem by Viktor Rydberg
  Viktor Rydberg
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  (although never completed, fragments were performed)