Armas Järnefelt

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Järnefelt (c. 1907)
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Edvard Armas Järnefelt (14 August 1869 – 23 June 1958), was a Finnish and Swedish conductor and composer, who achieved some minor success with his orchestral works Berceuse (1904) and Praeludium (1900). He spent much of his conducting career at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Sweden.

Life

Armas Järnefelt was born in

August Aleksander Järnefelt and Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg
).

Järnefelt studied with

Swedish citizen in 1909); conductor 1911-1923 and chief conductor 1923–1933.[1]

Between 1932 and 1936 Järnefelt was the artistic director and conductor of the

Finnish National Opera. He presented, among others, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung from Wagner's Ring cycle, and Parsifal. He was the principal conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1942–1943, and also returned to the Royal Swedish Opera as chief conductor from 1938 to 1946.[2] He died in Stockholm
.

Works

External audio
audio icon You may hear Armas Järnefelt's compositions Praeludiem and Berceuse as conducted by Hans Kindler with his National Symphony Orchestra in 1947 Here on archive.org

Järnefelt's musical works include:

In addition, he composed more than 70 solo songs, 21 pieces for male chorus, 12 part-songs for mixed chorus, and 13 cantatas. His Berceuse (1904) arranged for violin and piano is included in the Royal Conservatory of Music grade 7 violin repertoire (Canada).[3]

Järnefelt also wrote stage and film music, e.g. for the film Song of the Scarlet Flower (1919), directed by Mauritz Stiller, possibly the first original film music by a Nordic composer.[4]

Family life

His siblings were Kasper Järnefelt [Fi], a critic and translator of Russian literature; the writer Arvid Järnefelt (the incidental music for his play Kuolema was written by Jean Sibelius); the painter Eero Järnefelt (Erik); Ellida; Ellen, Aino (who married Sibelius); Hilja; and Sigrid.

He was married twice: firstly to the soprano

Liva Edström
.

Legacy

In June 2012 a display of Järnefelt paraphernalia was opened in the entrance of the Sibelius Academy situated in the

Helsinki Music Center
.

References

  1. ^ Photo of Järnefelt conducting the Royal Swedish Orchestra during the 400th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Swedish Opera (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Edvard Armas Järnefelt" (in Swedish). Kungliga Hovkapellet. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. OCLC 894939781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  4. ^ Salmi, Hannu (15 April 2008). "Järnefeltin jalanjäljillä: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (1919)" (in Finnish). [In the footsteps of Järnefelt : Song of the Scarlet Flower(1919)]. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
Preceded by Principal conductors, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
1942–1943 		Succeeded by


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