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Erkki Aaltonen (17 August 1910 – 8 March 1990) was a Finnish composer.




Biography


Born in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Finland, he was a student of the violin at the Helsinki Conservatory and of composition in privacy with Väinö Raitio and Selim Palmgren. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966 to 1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature.




Selected works


Symphonies
No. 1 (1947)
No. 2 (1949) Hiroshima
No. 3 (1952) Popular
No. 4 (1959)
No. 5 (1964) Hämeenlinna rhapsody
Piano Concerto 1948
Piano Concerto 1954
Folk music for orchestra 1953–1960
Ballet suites from Lapponia 1956, 1959
Violin Concerto (1966)
Piano Sonata (1932, revised 1972)
Oboe Sonata (1945)
Preludi ja allegro (Prelude and Allegro) for viola and piano (1983)
five string quartets
piano pieces
songs




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Indonesia International Song Festival 1995
• Daftar anggota Parlemen Finlandia
• Erkki Aaltonen
• Aaltonen
• Erkki
• 1910 in music
• Music in World War II
• List of 20th-century classical composers
• Deaths in March 1990
• List of compositions for viola: A to B
• Erkki Raatikainen
• Ilmajoki