Folke Rabe

Swedish composer, Stockholm, born 28 October 1935, died Stockholm, September 2017.

He studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where his teachers included artist 747740, artist 328856, and György Ligeti.

Rabe started out as a jazz musician and trombonist in dixieland and swing bands in the 50's, later playing in big bands under the direction of artist 5140942, artist 575836, artist 1371065 and others. He is known best for his electronic drone piece [m=494669] (originally released as Was??), recorded at the Swedish Radio studios in Stockholm in 1967.

During the late ‘70s, Rabe worked as the program director at the Swedish Institute for National Concerts, while from the years of 1980 – 2000 occupied a variety of positions at the Swedish National Broadcasting Corp, including editor-in-chief.