Armas Järnefelt
Edvard Armas Järnefelt (born August 14, 1869 in Viipuri , † June 23, 1958 in Stockholm ) was a Finnish conductor and composer in the romantic tradition. In his works he incorporated national Finnish elements. He is one of the earliest composers to set Finnish texts to music.
Järnefelt studied in Helsinki with Martin Wegelius and Ferruccio Busoni , in Berlin with Albert Becker and in Paris with Jules Massenet . He worked as a répétiteur in Magdeburg and Düsseldorf and as a conductor in Viipuri. From 1904 to 1906 he performed Richard Wagner's operas in the Finnish National Theater , which was groundbreaking for Finland . His first wife, the soprano Maikki Pakarinen, was often involved. Järnefelt kicked off with the Tannhäuser in 1904 . He later went to Sweden to work as a conductor at the Royal Stockholm Opera until 1932 . He got citizenship (1909) and married the Swede Liva Edstrom. After returning to Finland, he was, among other things, chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic . Here Järnefelt campaigned for the works of Beethoven and his brother-in-law Sibelius . His brother Arvid Järnefelt became known as a writer, the youngest brother Eero Järnefelt as a painter.
Järnefelt composed several orchestral works, an incidental music, twelve cantatas , music for male choirs, piano pieces and songs. Best known are his pieces for small orchestra Prelude (1900) and Berceuse (1904) as well as the symphonic poem Korsholm from 1894.
literature
- Hannu Salmi: Armas Järnefelt - kahden maan mestari (maestro in two countries) . Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 2009, ISBN 978-952-222-057-8 (Finnish).
- Hannu Salmi: Armas Järnefelt - composer och kapellmästare i Finland och Sverige . Atlantis, Stockholm 2014, ISBN 978-951-583-287-0 (Swedish).
Web links
- Website of the composer
- Tomi Mäkelä: Järnefelt, Armas. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 9 (Himmel - Kelz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1119-5 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Sheet music and audio files by Armas Järnefelt in the International Music Score Library Project
- Portrait photo from 1920
Individual evidence
- ^ Sibelius Society ( September 24, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed October 31, 2011
- ↑ Finland Institute ( Memento from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 31, 2011
- ^ A performance with clarinets in Rapid City, 2010 , accessed October 31, 2011
- ↑ A recording , accessed October 31, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Järnefelt, Armas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Järnefelt, Edvard Armas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vyborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1958 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |