Anna Myrberg (Norberg, May 9, 1878 - Stockholm, April 1, 1931) was a Swedish author and song lyricist.Lena Persson’s foreword in Svarta Maskens Dårdikter: samt humoresker och slagdängor i urval (Stockholm: Prisma, 1984).
Career
Much of Myrberg's writing appeared under the pseudonym of Svarta Masken (The Black Mask). After training to be a photoengraver, she found work at a photography studio and a Stockholm newspaper. Her debut as a poet was the 1919 collection Svarta Maskens Dårdikter (The Black Mask’s Idiot Poems). She published several volumes of poetry and humor, including two books about Willy Anderson, a boy from the south side of Stockholm.Svärjes historia: upptekknad i kårta drag av södergrabben Ville Andeson by Anna Myrberg, (Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkeslund, 1923).Ville Andeson blir pracktisk by Anna Myrberg, (Stockholm: Bonnier, 1929). The second of these was filmed as the 1929 movie “Ville Andesons Äventyr” (Willy Anderson’s Adventure). She also contributed articles and poems to the humor magazine Kasper.
Myrberg wrote the lyrics for the well-known songs Lördagsvalsen (The Saturday Waltz) and Livet I Finnskogarna (Life in the Finnish Woods). Her works were recorded in America by Gustav Fonandern, Arvid Franzen, Olle i Gråthult and the Hjalmar Peterson Orchestra.Ethnic music on records: a discography of ethnic recordings produced in the United States, 1893-1942 by Richard K. Spottswood, (University of Illinois Press, 1990) LCCN 89-020526. Volume 5. Hjalmar Peterson published her texts in his songbooks.Songbook indexes archive.org. Retrieved: May 13, 2018. In 1972 the Swedish actor John Harryson recorded an album of old-time Swedish comedy with three songs by Svarta Masken: Bröllopet i Flänga, Lördagsvalsen and Stora fötter.John Harrysson sjunger bondkomikernas visor (Stockholm: Knäppupp, 1972).
Selected lyrics Bröllopet i Flänga Livet i Finnskogarna Lördagsvalsen Turalleri-Turallera
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External links Anna Myrberg profile Anna Myrberg discography - Victor Author Anna Myrberg: humorist but also a serious poet Linnaeus’ life told in slang from Southside Stockholm “Charlie Linnaeus” from Swedish Hist’ry Told Real Quick Ville Andesons Schälvskrivna Historier at Project Runeberg Anna Myrberg audio at Gustavus Adolphus College Anna Myrberg audio at the National Library of Sweden Anna Myrberg songs and poems Anna Myrberg audio at the Internet Archive