Erkki melartin biography sample

          Erkki Melartin was born in the rural parish of Käkisalmi in Karelia in In the Second World War, the area was ceded to the Soviet Union..

          Composer and conductor Erkki Melartin (–) was a key figure on the Finnish musical scene in his day.

        1. International Music Journal" is a short biographical sketch of the life and work of an outstanding Finnish composer, conductor, teacher and.
        2. Erkki Melartin was born in the rural parish of Käkisalmi in Karelia in In the Second World War, the area was ceded to the Soviet Union.
        3. She is writing both her doctoral dissertation and a biogra- phy of Erkki Melartin.
        4. External work lists: Melartin Society (in Finnish) (link down; consult archived page.).

          5. Erkki Melartin

          Finnish composer (1875–1937)

          Erkki Gustaf Melartin (7 February 1875, Käkisalmi – 14 February 1937, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods.

          Melartin is generally considered to be one of Finland's most significant national Romantic composers, although his music—then and now—largely has been overshadowed by that of his contemporary, Jean Sibelius, the country's most famous composer.

          The core of Melartin's oeuvre consists of a set of six (completed) symphonies, as well as is his opera, Aino, based on a story from the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, but nevertheless in the style of Richard Wagner.

          Melartin's other notable works include the popular wedding tune, Festive March (1904; from the incidental music to the play, Sleeping Beauty); the symphonic poem, Traumgesicht (1910); the Violin Concerto in D minor (1913); the Kalevalic symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra, Marjatta (19