Martin Wegelius ( Swedish: Martin Wegelius ; November 10, 1846 , Helsinki - March 22, 1906 , Helsinki ) is a Finnish composer, conductor, teacher and musical public figure.
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Biography
He studied music in Vienna ( 1870 - 1871 ) and Leipzig ( 1871 - 1873 and 1877 - 1878 ). He was the conductor of the Finnish Opera ( 1878 - 1879 ). In 1882 he founded the Helsingfors Institute of Music (since 1939 - the Sibelius Academy ), whose director was until the end of his life. Wegelius owns a number of symphonic, choral and other works, as well as numerous musicological works, music-critical articles and more. Vegelius raised a number of prominent Finnish composers: J. Sibelius , Armas Järnefelt , E. Melartin , T. Kuula and others.
The composer is buried in the Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki.
Literature
- Vegelius Martin // Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh . - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 99. - 150,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-033-9 .
- Vegelius, Martin // The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : in 66 volumes (65 volumes and 1 additional) / Ch. ed. O. Yu. Schmidt . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1926-1947.
- Vegelius, Martin // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.