Usko Meriläinen

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Name Usko Merilainen Role Composer		Education Sibelius Academy

Died November 12, 2004, Tampere, Finland Albums Ku-Gu-Ku: Electroacoustic Works by Usko Merilainen Awards Jussi Award for Best Music Similar People Erik Bergman, Paavo Heininen, Aarre Merikanto, Erkki Salmenhaara, Einar Englund

Suvisoitto (Summersounds) for flute and grasshoppers by Usko Merilainen

Usko Aatos Meriläinen (January 27, 1930 – November 12, 2004) was a Finnish composer. He was born in Tampere.

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In 1954 his Partita for Brass won second prize in the Thor Johnson Brass Composition competition in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

His works include:

Symphony No. 1 (composed 1953–1955)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 (1955)

Concerto for Orchestra (No. 1) (1956)

Viimeiset kiusaukset (1959, incidental music)

Arius (ballet) (composed 1958–1960)

Trauerlied for viola solo (1962)

Epyllion (1963)

Symphony No. 2 (1964)

Musique du Printemps (1969)

Symphony No. 3 (1971)

Concerto per 13 (1971)

Psyche (ballet) (1973)

Alasin (The Anvil, Symphony No.4, Electronic Symphony) (1975)

Symphony No. 5 (1976)

Ku–gu–ku (1979)

Exodus (1988)

Aikaviiva (Timeline) (Concerto No. 2 for Orchestra) (1989)

Guitar Concerto (1990)

Kirje sellistille (Letter to the cellist) (1990)

String Quartet No. 3 (1992)

Summer Concerto ”Geasseija niehku” for string orchestra (1993-4)

Kehrä (The Spindle) (Symphony No. 6) (1996)

Songs

Ku-gu-kuKu-Gu-Ku: Electroacoustic Works by Usko Meriläinen · 1990
AlasinKu-Gu-Ku: Electroacoustic Works by Usko Meriläinen · 1990
Oratorio PicassolleKu-Gu-Ku: Electroacoustic Works by Usko Meriläinen · 1990

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Suvisoitto (Summersounds) for flute and grasshoppers by Usko Merilainen

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