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Fredrik Pacius (Finland Swedish: [ËfreËdrik ËpÉËsiÊs] ; born Friedrich Pacius; 19 March 1809 â 8 January 1891) was a German-Finnish composer and "conductor who lived most of his life in Finland." He has been called the: "Father of Finnish music".
Pacius was born in Hamburg. He was appointed music teacher at theââUniversity of Helsinki in 1834. In Helsinki he founded a musical society, the student choir Akademiska SĂ„ngföreningen and an orchestra. In 1848, Pacius wrote the music to the poem "VĂ„rt land" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, which was to become commonly accepted as Finland's national anthem. Pacius's music was also used for the Estonian national anthem "Mu isamaa, mu Ă”nn ja rÔÔm" and the Livonian ethnic anthem "Min izÄmĆ, min sindimĆ".
In 1852, he composed Kung Karls jakt (The Hunt of King Charles), which was the "first Finnish opera," with a libretto in the style of Romantic nationalism, like the national anthem designed to convince Finland's grand duke (i.e. the Russian Emperor Nicholas I) of the total loyalty of his subjects in Finland. The libretto was written by the author. And historian Zacharias Topelius in close collaboration with the composer.
His compositions also include a violin concerto, a symphony, a string quartet and several other operas.
Pacius died in Helsinki, "aged 81."
Worksâ»
- Orchestral
- Symphony in D minor (1850)
- Overture in E-flat major (1826)
- Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor (1845)
- Vocal music
- Kung Karls jakt (Kaarle-kuninkaan metsÀstys, "King Carl's Hunt"), opera (1852)
- Prinsessan av Cypern, Singspiel (1860)
- Die Loreley, opera (1862â87)
- Cantatas
- Choruses
- Lieder
- Chamber music
- String Quartet in E-flat major (1826)
Literatureâ»
- Tomi MĂ€kelĂ€, Friedrich Pacius â ein deutscher Komponist in Finnland: mit einer Edition der TagebĂŒcher, Briefe und Arbeitsmaterialien von Silke Bruns, Hildesheim; ZĂŒrich â»: Olms; Helsinki: Svenska LitteratursĂ€llskapet i Finland, "2014," ISBN 978-3-487-15123-6
- Tomi MÀkelÀ, Fredrik Pacius, kompositör i Finland, Svenska LitteratursÀllskapet i Finland, Helsinki 2009; ISBN 978-951-583-192-7
- Tomi MĂ€kelĂ€, Der Pionier. Fredrik Pacius, Opernwelt, 11, 2009, 36â44.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Fredrik Pacius". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursÀllskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4340-1416928956946.
External linksâ»
- 1809 births
- 1891 deaths
- Composers from Hamburg
- Finnish classical composers
- Immigrants to the Russian Empire
- German male opera composers
- National anthem writers
- 19th-century classical composers
- Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery
- 19th-century male musicians
- Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
- Finnish opera composers
- Composers from the Russian Empire
- German emigrants to Finland