Einojuhani Rautavaara
From Wind Repertory Project
Biography
Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 9 October 1928 in Helsinki) is a Finnish composer and educator. From 1948 to 1952 he studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Aarre Merikanto, then moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School on the suggestion of fellow Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. At the Juilliard School he studied with Vincent Persichetti and took on additional studies with Aaron Copland and Roger Sessions at Tanglewood.
In addition to composition, Rautavaara has kept a busy educational schedule, including service at the Sibelius Academy from 1957 to 1959 and again from 1966 to 1990, the Käpylä Music Institute in Helsinki from 1965 to 1966, and he served as a music archivist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1959 to 1961.
Works for Winds
- Military Mass, A (Sotilasmessu) (1968) -- for brass
- Requiem in our Time, A (1958) -- for brass and percussion
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