Heino Kaski

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Heino Wilhelm Daniel Kaski (born June 21, 1885 in Pielisjärvi , † September 20, 1957 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish composer .

Life

He studied composition privately in Helsinki with Erkki Melartin and briefly with Jean Sibelius . With his recommendation he was able to continue his studies with Paul Juon in Berlin from 1911 to 1914 . Back in Finland, Kaski wrote his first major orchestral work, the Symphony in B minor, which premiered in 1919, with the support of Selim Palmgren . He then went back to Berlin to deepen his training at the State University of Music with Otto Taubmann from 1920 to 1924 , and he continued his education during study visits to Italy and France. In 1924 he returned to Finland and worked as a music teacher. In 1950 he was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal.

Heino Kaski wrote around 100 piano works and songs each, as well as choral works, orchestral and chamber music. His melodic, lyrical miniatures in the tradition of Edvard Grieg were best known . Stylistically, he moved between late romanticism and impressionism .

Works (selection)

orchestra

  • Prelude , 1912
  • Symphony , 1919

Chamber music

  • Sonata for violin and piano, 1920
  • Sonata for cello and piano, 1923
  • Sonata for flute and piano, 1937

piano

  • Evening play of the mountain spirits op. 15,1
  • Dreaming op. 19,1
  • The nymph of the springs op. 19,2
  • Autumn morning op. 21,2
  • Girl in the rose garden op. 24,1
  • Spring morning on Capri op.25,3
  • Night on the beach op. 34,1
  • Pankakoski op. 48,1
  • The old bell tower op. 48,2
  • Walamo op. 48,3

literature

  • Ruth-Esther Hillila, Barbara Blanchard Hong: Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 1997, ISBN 0-313-27728-1 , pp. 171 (English, google.de [accessed on May 31, 2019]).
  • Kimmo Korhonen: Composer in Profile: Heino Kaski. In: Finnish Music Information Center. April 2000 (English).;
  • Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Piano Music . In: Finnish Music Information Center . 1997, ISBN 951-692-400-X (English, archive.org [accessed May 30, 2019]).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ The majority of Finnish and English sources cite September 20th as the date of death, and September 19th in isolated cases.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Kimmo Korhonen: Composer in Profile: Heino Kaski. In: Finnish Music Information Center. April 2000 (English).;
  2. ↑ a b c d biography on Fennica Gehrman
  3. ↑ List of medalists
personal data
SURNAME Kaski, Heino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaski, Heino Wilhelm Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Pielisjärvi
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 1957
Place of death Helsinki