Erkki Melartin
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Erkki Melartin (February 2, 1875–February 14, 1937) was a Finnish composer and pupil of Robert Fuchs.
He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) which show among other things his receptiveness; the fifth is a Sinfonia brevis ending in a fugue and chorale, while the sixth, harmonically more advanced than the other five, advances stepwise from a C minor first movement — with evocations of Mahler's seventh symphony — to an E-flat major finale. The fourth symphony uses a vocalise like that of Carl Nielsen's Sinfonia Espansiva. His musical output also includes an opera, Aino, four string quartets, a violin concerto and many piano pieces.
He conducted the first performance of Mahler's music in Scandinavia, a movement of the Resurrection symphony in 1909 (see the Finnish Music Information Centre link, [1].)
