Väinö Eerikki Raitio
Born: 15th April 1891, Sortavala, Russia
Died: 10th September 1945, Helsinki, Finland
Nationality: Finnish
Väinö Eerikki Raitio was part of the small group of composers who appeared in the Finnish art music scene in the 1920s with a new cosmopolitan music style, very different from the dominant conservative National Romanticism. He was born in Sortavala, Grand Duchy of Finland.
Raitio's career as a composer reached its peak in the 1920s when eight large symphonic poems appeared from his pen. Influenced by Alexander Scriabin, his style was too modern for Nordic music circles, and his orchestral work Joutsenet (The Swans, Les Cygnes) of 1919 remained as his sole orchestral piece to be published (in 1938).
Raitio's profile as a composer slipped, as he concentrated on shorter works for smaller ensembles in the 1930s and 1940s.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Väinö_Raitio
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- Ballade, Op. 18 No. 1 (1)
- Barcarolle (2)
- Canzonetta (1)
- Canzonetta, Op. 18 No. 2 (1)
- Danse grotesque (1)
- Fantasia poetica, Op. 25 (2)
- Gaudeamus (1)
- Humoreski Humoresque (1)
- Idylli Idyll (2)
- Intermezzo (1)
- Joutsenet (The Swans) (4)
- Juninatt, Op. 5/5 (Gripenberg) (1)
- Kesäkuvia Hämeestä Summer pictures from Häme (1)
- Kukkien Kuningatar (1)
- Kuollut hetki, Op. 11/3 (L. Onerva) (1)
- Kuutamolla, Op. 28/1(Koskenniemi) (1)
- Legenda, Op. 20 No. 1 (1)
- Ljuset flämtar, Op. 5/4 (Tegengren) (1)
- Metsäidyllejä Forest idylls (1)
- Moonlight on Jupiter, Op. 24 (1)
- Neiet niemien nenissä (Maidens on the headlands) - Symphonic poem (1)
- Notturno for Violin & Orchestra (1)
- Paimenlaulu (1)
- Pastorale (1)
- Poème, Op. 18 No. 4 (1)
- Romance (1)
- Scherzo (Felis domestica) (1)
- Serenata (1)
- Sinivuokko (Blue Hepatica) (1)
- Tango (1)
- The Swans/Joutsenet (1)
- Valse mignonne (1)
- Valssi Waltz (1)
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