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Martin Wegelius

1846 - 1906

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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 a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Wegelius is the 870th most popular composer (up from 881st in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Finland (down from 146th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Martin Wegelius ranks 870 out of 1,451. Before him are Paul Lincke, Philippe de Monte, Cathy Berberian, Vincent Lübeck, Anton Stamitz, and Alexander Alyabyev. After him are Othmar Schoeck, John Tavener, Julius Reubke, Loyset Compère, Frank Bridge, and Louis Andriessen.

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Among people born in 1846, Martin Wegelius ranks 64. Before him are Luigi Denza, Carlos Pellegrini, Marie Popelin, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Emil Warburg, and Edouard Van Beneden. After him are Holger Drachmann, Ernest Monis, Alexander Karpinsky, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Johann Most, and Ignaz Brüll. Among people deceased in 1906, Martin Wegelius ranks 47. Before him are Jean Lorrain, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Josephine Butler, Kosta Khetagurov, Georges Rayet, and Alfred Stevens. After him are Johann Most, Marin Drinov, Todor Burmov, Carl Schurz, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Suzanne Manet.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Martin Wegelius ranks 149 out of 751. Before him are Mari Kiviniemi (1968), Hugo Österman (1892), Timo Salonen (1951), Taina Elg (1930), Juho Vennola (1872), and Leo Kinnunen (1943). After him are Selim Palmgren (1878), Juha Sipilä (1961), Ellen Thesleff (1869), Eero Lehtonen (1898), Aarre Merikanto (1893), and Robert Kajanus (1856).

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Among COMPOSERS In Finland

Among composers born in Finland, Martin Wegelius ranks 6. Before him are Jean Sibelius (1865), Kaija Saariaho (1952), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), and Oskar Merikanto (1868). After him are Selim Palmgren (1878), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Kalevi Aho (1949), Magnus Lindberg (1958), and Toivo Kuula (1883).

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