Name Aarre Merikanto Role Composer | Parents Oskar Merikanto | |
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Died September 29, 1958, Helsinki, Finland Compositions Juha, Juha, Ekho, Ekho, Juhannus, Juhannus, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 6 Allegro moderato, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 6 Allegro moderato, Violin Concerto no 2 - op 30: II Adagio, Violin Concerto no 2 - op 30: II Adagio, Pianoconcert nr 3, Pianoconcert nr 3, Cello Concerto no 2 in D minor: III Vivace, Cello Concerto no 2 in D minor: III Vivace, Konzertstuck, Konzertstuck, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: IV Allegro con brio, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: IV Allegro con brio, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: III Largo, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: III Largo, Two Pieces for Orchestra: No 1 Andante cantabile, Two Pieces for Orchestra: No 1 Andante cantabile, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: III Andante con moto, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: III Andante con moto, Two Pieces for Orchestra: II Allegro ritmico, Two Pieces for Orchestra: II Allegro ritmico, Tehkame iloinen ilta, Tehkame iloinen ilta, Fantasy for Orchestra, Fantasy for Orchestra, Ihalempi, Ihalempi, Keinu, Keinu, Andante Religioso, Andante Religioso, Sydameni laulu, Sydameni laulu, Piano Concerto no 2: III Allegro assai, Piano Concerto no 2: III Allegro assai, Symphony no 3: III Allegro, Symphony no 3: III Allegro, Symfonie nr 3, Symfonie nr 3, Twee stukken voor klein orkest, Twee stukken voor klein orkest, Lemminkainen, Lemminkainen, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: VIII Grave, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: VIII Grave, Concert voor negen muziekinstrumenten, Concert voor negen muziekinstrumenten, Compositions (4) for Orchestra: Lento cantabile, Compositions (4) for Orchestra: Lento cantabile, Violin Concerto no 2 - op 30: I Largo, Violin Concerto no 2 - op 30: I Largo, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: I Largo misterioso, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: I Largo misterioso, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 3 Allegro scherzando, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 3 Allegro scherzando, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: IX Risoluto, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: IX Risoluto, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: II Allegro, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: II Allegro, Cello Concerto no 2 in D minor: I Allegro, Cello Concerto no 2 in D minor: I Allegro, Pan - op 28, Pan - op 28, Two Studies for Small Orchestra: I Tranquillo, Two Studies for Small Orchestra: I Tranquillo, Symfonische studie, Symfonische studie, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: I Allegro energico, Symphony no 2 in A major - op 19: I Allegro energico, Four Compositions for Orchestra: II Allegro Scherzando, Four Compositions for Orchestra: II Allegro Scherzando, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 2 Molto andante e serioso, Ten Pieces for Orchestra: No 2 Molto andante e serioso, Piano Concerto no 3: I Capriccio (Lento - Allegro), Piano Concerto no 3: I Capriccio (Lento - Allegro), Vanha kauko, Vanha kauko, Violin Concerto no 4 "Rainbow": II Largo, Violin Concerto no 4 "Rainbow": II Largo, Pianoconcert nr 1, Pianoconcert nr 1, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: IV Allegro vivace, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: IV Allegro vivace, Tien stukken voor orkest, Tien stukken voor orkest, Piano Concerto no 3: II Pieta (Tranquillo), Piano Concerto no 3: II Pieta (Tranquillo), Sulle laulan, Sulle laulan, Helena, Helena, Viimeiselle, Viimeiselle, Lemminkainen - op 10, Lemminkainen - op 10, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: I Allegro, Symphony no 1 in B minor - op 5: I Allegro Similar People Oskar Merikanto, Anu Komsi, Jean Sibelius, Matti Raekallio, Sergei Prokofiev | ||
Aarre merikanto symphony no 1 in b minor op 5 1916
Aarre Merikanto (29 June 1893, Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland – 28 September 1958, Helsinki, Republic of Finland) was a Finnish composer.
Contents
- Aarre merikanto symphony no 1 in b minor op 5 1916
- Aarre merikanto six piano pieces op 20
- Main works
- References
He was the son of Liisa Häyrynen and the famous romantic composer, professor Oskar Merikanto. His childhood he spent in Vilppula, Finland. From year 1919, he was married to Meri Grönmark. He is considered a key figure in early Finnish modernism (together with Väinö Raitio and Ernest Pingoud) and several of his works, most notably the opera Juha, have obtained posthumous attention. As professor of composition in the Sibelius Academy (1951–1958) Merikanto taught several Finnish composers of the next generation, including Einojuhani Rautavaara, Usko Meriläinen, Aulis Sallinen and Paavo Heininen.
He studied music in Helsinki 1911, Leipzig 1912–1914 and Moscow 1916–1917. Merikanto's early style was rooted in Finnish romanticism, but in the 1920s he developed a personal, atonal but not dodecaphonic Modernist style. The reception of Merikanto's works of this period was mixed: the "Schott" Concerto for nine instruments was awarded in a competition organized by the German publishers Schott & Söhne, but his domestic Finnish audiences and critics were generally unenthusiastic and his opera Juha, today considered one of his major works, was never performed during Merikanto's lifetime. Disappointed with the reactions, starting in the early 1930s, Merikanto gradually abandoned his more radical style and turned towards a more traditional idiom based on Neoclassicism. He also destroyed or mutilated the scores of several works from his earlier style period, some of which were later reconstructed by his last composition student Paavo Heininen.
Merikanto was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer 1957, and he died on 28 September the following year, aged 65. His son was the sculptor Ukri Merikanto.