Helvi Leiviskä

Helvi Leiviskä (b. 25 May 1902, d. 12 August 1982) was a Finnish composer, writer, music educator and librarian at the Sibelius Academy.

Life

Helvi Leiviskä was born in Helsinki, Finland, and in 1927 graduated in composition from the Helsinki Music Institute (Sibelius Academy) where she studied with Erkki Melartin. She continued her studies in Vienna, and then returned to Finland where she studied with Leevi Madetoja. She began work as a composer with a debut in 1935 and also worked as a music teacher. In 1933 she took a position as librarian at the Sibelius Academy.

After World War II, Leiviskä furthered her studies with Leo Funtek and began to write reviews for periodicals including Ilta Sanomat. She died in Helsinki.^[1]^[2]

Works

Selected works include:

Piano Concerto, 1935
Triple Fugue for Orchestra, 1938
Symphony No. 1, 1947
Symphony No. 2, 1954
Symphony No. 3, 1971
Sinfonia Brevis, 1962
Folk Dance Suite, 1934
Hobgoblin of Darkness, 1942
The Lost Continent for choir and orchestra, 1957
Juha film music, 1937
Violin Sonata, 1945
Piano Quartet, 1926

References

^ Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland.
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA277&dq=Helvi+Leivisk%C3%A4+(1902%E2%80%931982)+norton&hl=en&ei=L_gdTZ3oEYqr8Ab80YWtDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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Name	Leiviska, Helvi
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Date of birth	5 May 1902
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Date of death	12 August 1982
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