Leevi Madetoja
Leevi Antti Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) was a Finnish composer.
Born in Oulu, Finland, he was the son of Antti and Anna Hyttinen. In 1913, he married the writer Hilja Onerva Lehtinen, who wrote under the pseudonym L. Onerva.
He studied music in Helsinki (1906 – 1910), Paris (1910 – 1911), Vienna and Berlin (1911 – 1912).
Works
- Operas: Pohjalaisia 1923, Juha 1935
- Ballet: Okon Fuoko 1930
- Symphonies: I 1915, II 1918, III 1926.
- Symphonic poems: Tanssinäky 1991, Kullervo 1913.
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