Composition year: 1888
Level of skill: Advanced
Instrumentation: vn pf
Category: Solo / Solo + comp
Fredrika (Ika) Peyron was born on 1 July 1845 in Timrå and died on 15 March 1922 in Stockholm. She grew up in the home of her foster parents, Anton and Gustava Sofia Asp in Sundsvall, and later in Stockholm, where she took lessons on piano with Ivar Hallström and on organ with Albert Lindström. She married consul and wholesale merchant Ludvig Peyron. During the 1880s Ika Peyron studied orchestration with Anton Andersen, counterpoint with Joseph Dente and composition under Emil Sjögren. As a composer, she wrote mainly music for the home and salon, as well as choral works.
Source: https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/peyron-fredrika/