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MUSICIAN

Aarre Merikanto

1893 - 1958

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Aarre Merikanto (29 June 1893 – 28 September 1958) was a Finnish composer.He was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, the son of Elise "Liisa" Häyrynen (1869-1949) and the famous romantic composer, professor Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924). His childhood he spent in Vilppula, Finland. He married Meri Grönmark in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aarre Merikanto has received more than 47,854 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Aarre Merikanto is the 1,009th most popular musician (down from 755th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Finland (down from 117th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Aarre Merikanto ranks 1,009 out of 2,662Before her are Helmuth Rilling, Hélène Grimaud, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Floyd Council, Zoltán Kocsis, and Hugh McDonald. After her are Al Jardine, Paul Simonon, Phil Woods, Arif Mardin, Geoff Emerick, and Adrien-François Servais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Aarre Merikanto ranks 160Before her are Fay Bainter, I. A. Richards, Louise Weiss, Georg Åberg, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Gummo Marx. After her are Eugen Schüfftan, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Lajos Czeizler, László Hudec, Walter Noddack, and Costante Girardengo. Among people deceased in 1958, Aarre Merikanto ranks 99Before her are Bart van der Leck, W. C. Handy, Francisco Olazar, Goro Yamada, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, and Big Bill Broonzy. After her are Paul Reinecke, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Billy Meredith, Maurice Germot, Bhagwan Das, and László Hudec.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aarre Merikanto ranks 166 out of 642Before her are Ilmari Salminen (1902), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), JJ Lehto (1966), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), and Alexi Laiho (1979). After her are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), Jari Kurri (1960), Lars Sonck (1870), Robert Kajanus (1856), and Juho Vennola (1872).

Among MUSICIANS In Finland

Among musicians born in Finland, Aarre Merikanto ranks 4Before her are Marco Hietala (1966), Tuomas Holopainen (1976), and Alexi Laiho (1979). After her are Timo Tolkki (1966), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Darude (1975), Mr Lordi (1974), Juice Leskinen (1950), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Carita Holmström (1954).