Oscar Byström (composer)

However, already in the 1840s he gained recognition as both a pianist and song composer, and by late 1850 Byström was active as a teacher.

In 1866 he was appointed inspector of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, succeeding August Berwald.

Byström's first published work appeared in 1871: Allmän musiklära, till skolornas tjenst, intended for schools.

He traveled to London, Paris, Solesmes, Milan and Rome to this end, and upon his return to Stockholm, Byström started organizing regular performances of liturgical music by Orlando di Lasso and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

In 1899 he published a collection of church hymns and related music, Sequenser, antifoner och hymnen, and planned a chorale book.