Karl Rautio

Karl (Kalle) Rautio (20 November 1889, in Vaasa Province – 15 December 1963, in Petrozavodsk) was the composer of the Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic and one of the founders of professional musical art in Karelia.[1]

Biography

An ethnic Karelian, Karl Rautio was born into a peasant family in the Vaasa region of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1889.[2] The Rautios immigrated to the United States in 1903, where he made out a living as a miner, along with studying music.[1] Rautio enrolled as a music student at the University of California, Berkeley in 1916, graduating in 1920.[1][3] In 1922 he immigrated to the Soviet Union, settling in Karelia.[1]

From 1931 to 1935 he organized and conducted the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, whose first performance over the Soviet airwaves took place under his direction in 1931. Together with the Finnish poet Armas Äikiä, who wrote the lyrics, Rautio submitted the winning entry for music and lyrics for the Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic in 1945.

Petrozavodsk's K.E. Rautio Musical College, formerly known as the Petrozavodsk School of Music, bears Karl Rautio's name since December 29, 1971.[3] A sign marking the location of his house in Petrozavodsk was installed in 1987.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Раутио Карл Эрикович (1889-1963 гг.)" Karelian Republic National Archive. Retrieved 30 June 2009. (Russian)
  2. ↑ Shteinpress, Boris Solomonovich & Izrail Markovich Yampolsky. "Раутио Карл Эрикович". Энциклопедический Музыкальный Словарь, 2nd Edition. Moscow: Sovetskaya Entsiklopedia, 1966. P. 423.(Russian)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zhukov, Andrei. "Пастуший наигрыш и симфония: Все это — Карл Раутио". K.E. Rautio Musical College. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2009. (Russian)
  4. ↑ "Дом, в котором жили и работали в 1954-1967гг. писатель Н.М. Яккола, в 1949-1963гг. К.Э. Раутио, в 1950-1977гг. историк Я.А. Балагуров, пр. Ленина, 8". Catalogue of Petrozavodsk. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia. 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2009. (Russian)

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