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Finnish composer (1846?1906)
Martin Wegelius
(10 November 1846 – 22 March 1906) was a Finnish composer and
musicologist
, primarily remembered as the founder, in 1882, of the Helsinki Music Institute, now known as the
Sibelius Academy
.
Wegelius studied in Leipzig, Vienna and Munich. He had intended to pursue a career as a composer, and wrote handful of orchestral works and a significant number of chamber and vocal works. He was a particular admirer of
Wagner
but wrote predominantly in the
Romantic
style. After founding the Institute he had little time for composing, and appears to have concentrated exclusively on teaching. Graduate of Wegelius' Institute include
Jean Sibelius
and
Agnes Tschetschulin
.
He is often compared with his contemporary and rival
Robert Kajanus
, founder of the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra in the Nordic countries.
He is buried in the
Hietaniemi Cemetery
in Helsinki.
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