Name Pekka Hannikainen Role Music composer | Children Tauno Hannikainen | |
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Died September 13, 1924, Helsinki, Finland Similar People Tauno Hannikainen, Gabriel Linsen, Zachris Topelius, Jorma Panula | ||
Pyhaaamun rauha p j hannikainen megurine luka
Pekka Juhani (P. J.) Hannikainen (December 9, 1854, Nurmes, Finland – September 13, 1924, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer and the head of a famous Finnish musical family.
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- Pyhaaamun rauha p j hannikainen megurine luka
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Hannikainen was born in Nurmes but moved to Jyväskylä to attend school. He then studied chemistry in Helsinki and later lived in Jyväskylä and Helsinki.
Hannikainen was the founder and conductor of the first Finnish student choir, the Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, from 1882 to 1885. He also founded the Mieskuoro Sirkat choir in 1899. From 1887 to 1891, he was the editor of the first Finnish music magazine, Säveleitä.
He was the father of the pianist Ilmari Hannikainen (b. 1892), the composer Väinö Hannikainen, and the cellist Tauno Hannikainen (b. 1896). He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.