Helena Munktell

Helena Mathilda Munktell (24 November 1852 – 10 September 1919) was a Swedish composer.

Her mother lived separately in Stockholm and after her father died, the family moved there.

[2] Munktell studied music at the Stockholm Conservatory with Conrad Nordqvist, Johan Lindegren, Ludwig Norman and Joseph Dente, and then in Vienna with Julius Epstein.

She studied both piano and voice, and continued her education in composition in Paris with Benjamin Godard and Vincent d'Indy.

[3][4] Munktell composed for orchestra but tended to vocal, choral and operatic works.