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Erkki Aaltonen

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Erkki Aaltonen

Birth
Hämeenlinna, Hämeenlinna Municipality, Tavastia Proper, Finland
Death
8 Mar 1990 (aged 79)
Finland
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Erkki Aaltonen-He was a Finnish composer. 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. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966–1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature.

His works-
No. 1 (1947)
No. 2 (1949) Hiroshima
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[disambiguation needed] 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
Erkki Aaltonen-He was a Finnish composer. 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. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966–1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature.

His works-
No. 1 (1947)
No. 2 (1949) Hiroshima
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[disambiguation needed] 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

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