Bengtsson, (Lars) Ingmar (Olof)

Bengtsson, (Lars) Ingmar (Olof), eminent Swedish musicologist; b. Stockholm, March 2, 1920; d. there, Dec. 3, 1989. He studied piano at the Stockholm Musikhógskolan and musicology at the univs. of Stockholm, Uppsala (Ph.D., 1955, with diss. J.H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik: Kail och stilkritiska studier; publ. in Uppsala, 1955), and Basel. He appeared as a pianist and harpsichordist (1942–55); wrote music criticism for Stockholm's Svenska Dagbladet (1943–59); was a lecturer (1947–61) and a prof. (1961–85) at the Univ. of Uppsala. He served as president of the Swedish Soc. of Musicology (1961–85) and as ed.-in-chief of its journal, …