Classical Music mourns the loss of Einojuhani Rautavaara
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Finnish Composer (9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) This morning I was at Wikipedia reviewing the events that happened on this date in history. However, before I got a chance to due that, I spotted a name on the list of those who have recently passed away that was interesting. The name was Einojuhani Rautavaara. The name was interesting because a) I was unfamiliar with the name and b) I was intrigued by the foreign nature of the name. Since I am always interested in explorations of people and places beyond my country’s borders, I clicked on the name to find out more about Einojuhani Rautavaara. I discovered that Rautavaara. was a Finnish composer of classical music considered to be the second most notable Finnish composer behind Jean Sibelius.From Wikipedia. Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. Having written early works using 12-tone serial techniques, his later music may be described as neo-romantic and mystical. His major works include Cantus Arcticus and Symphony No. 7 “Angel of Light Rautavaara was born to 1928 in Helsinki. His parents were Eino and his mother Elsa were an opera singer and cantor and doctor respectively. Both of his parents died before he reached the age of 16. After their deaths he live with his his aunt Hilja Teräskeli in a Helsinki suburb He graduated for the Sibelius Academy in 1957.. While at the Academy he studied under Aarre Merikanto from 1948 to 1952. In 1954 he received international attention, when he won the…
