Robert Kajanus
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It is catalogued under topics including 1856 births, 1933 deaths and 19th-century Finnish male musicians.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1856-12-02
- Active to
- 1933-07-06
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- Total plays
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Robert Kajanus (2 December 1856 - 6 July 1933) was a Finnish conductor and composer. Robert Kajanus was the most prominent Finnish composer before Jean Sibelius. His music drew on the folk legends of the Finnish people.. He studied with Talsin and Niemann in Helsinki, with Hans Richter, Carl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig, and Johann Svendsen in Paris. In the 1880s he put the Helsinki Orchestra on a permanent footing. He worked in Dresden in the years immediately after his graduatio
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Student of
- Carl Reinecke
- Genre
- classical music
- Image
- Robert kajanus.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- Commons category
- Robert Kajanus
- date of death
- 1933-07-06
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- date of birth
- 1856-00-00
- name in native language
- Robert Kajanus
- student
- Jean Sibelius
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