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Martin Wegelius (10 November 1846 – 22 March 1906) was a Finnish composer and musicologist, primarily remembered as the founder, in 1882, of the Helsinki Music Institute, now known as the Sibelius Academy.

Wegelius studied in Leipzig, Vienna and Munich. He had intended to pursue a career as a composer, and wrote handful of orchestral works and a significant number of chamber and vocal works. He was a particular admirer of Wagner but wrote predominantly in the Romantic style. After founding the Institute he had little time for composing, and appears to have concentrated exclusively on teaching. Graduate of Wegelius' Institute include Jean Sibelius and Agnes Tschetschulin.

He is often compared with his contemporary and rival Robert Kajanus, founder of the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra in the Nordic countries.

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[1]

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References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071202074336/http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&EAF0ABD4336C7AFDC2256D790037EAA7

Further reading

• "Martin Wegelius". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4343-1416928956949.
• Karl Flodin (1922), Martin Wegelius : levnadsteckning / Karl Flodin., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518945

External links

• Martin Wegelius in 375 humanists – 6 May 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.

На других языках

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[de] Martin Wegelius

Martin Wegelius (* 10. November 1846 in Helsinki; † 22. März 1906 ebenda) war ein finnischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge.

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- [en] Martin Wegelius

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[ru] Вегелиус, Мартин

Ма́ртин Веге́лиус (швед. Martin Wegelius; 10 ноября 1846, Хельсинки — 22 марта 1906, Хельсинки) — финский композитор, дирижёр, педагог и музыкально-общественный деятель.

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