Erkki Aaltonen
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Erkki Aaltonen (17 August 1910 – 8 March 1990) was a Finnish composer.
Biography
[edit]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.[1] He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966 to 1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Symphonies
- No. 1 (1947)
- No. 2 (1949) Hiroshima[3]
- 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
[edit]- ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Aaltonen, Erkki". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1. ISBN 0-02-870240-9.
- ^ "Erkki Aaltonen- Author".
- ^ Lifton, Robert Jay (1987). Death in life: survivors of Hiroshima. UNC Press Books. p. 473. ISBN 0-8078-4344-X.
Another symphony, entitled Hiroshima, was written by a Finnish composer, Erkki Aaltonen, and performed in that city on 15 August 1955, by the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra.
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