Heidi Sundblad-Halme
Heidi Gabriella Wilhelmina Sundblad-Halme (25 September 1903 – 30 April 1973) was a Finnish composer[1] and conductor[2] who founded the Helsinki Women’s Orchestra and conducted it for 30 years.[3]
Career
Sundblad-Halme was born in Jakobstad, where her father Henrik Sundblad was a composer, cantor, and organist. She married Deputy Judge Helge Halme in 1930. The couple traveled to the Soviet Union and several Baltic countries, and published accounts of their travels in Finnish newspapers. Sundblad-Halme directed a private music school until they moved to Helsinki in 1933. Their son Hannu was born in 1935.[4][5]
Sundblad-Halme studied music at the
Sundblad-Halme corresponded with musicologist
Sundblad-Halme composed many piano and violin teaching pieces for children. She set texts by the following poets to music: V. M. Fokke, Bertel Gripenberg, L. Onerva, Edith Södergran, Katri Vala, E. von Knape, and Einari Vuorela. Her music was published by Fazer Music[5] (today Fennica Gehrman). Her compositions include:
Compositions
Ballet
- Enchanted Belt[3]
Chamber
Orchestra
- Elegy, Op. 4 (for string orchestra)[5]
- Pan Suite[5]
- Vishnu, Op. 13 (orchestration of the piano version)[5]
Piano
- Vishnu[5]
Theatre
- Au Theatre de Marionnettes, Op. 16[5]
Vocal
References
- ISBN 0-8386-2346-8.
- ^ "[Unknown title]". Journal of Finnish Studies. Finnish Studies Program, University of Toronto: 57. 1998.
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- ^ "Heidi Sundblad-Halme". Geni family tree. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Koivisto-Kaasik, Nuppu (30 March 2021). "Sundblad-Halme, Heidi (1903–1973)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ISBN 1-55728-218-8.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-27728-1.