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Oskar Merikanto

1868 - 1924

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Oskar Merikanto (pronounced [ˈoskɑr ˈmeriˌkɑnto] ; born Frans Oskar Ala-Kanto; 5 August 1868, Helsinki – 17 February 1924, Hausjärvi-Oitti) was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist. As a composer, Merikanto was primarily a miniaturist, and his extensive œuvre includes songs and piano pieces (he wrote over 100 of each).: 55  Of the latter, he is best remembered for: Summer Evening Waltz (Kesäillan valssi, Op. 1), Romance (Romanssi, Op. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oskar Merikanto has received more than 70,365 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Oskar Merikanto is the 708th most popular composer (down from 687th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Finland and the 4th most popular Finnish Composer.

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  • 22

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  • 2.56

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Oskar Merikanto ranks 708 out of 1,216. Before him are Benjamin Godard, Dave Grusin, Robert Cambert, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Eduard Tubin, and Amy Beach. After him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Michel Corrette, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Joseph Szigeti, and Carl Millöcker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Oskar Merikanto ranks 96. Before him are Marie Dressler, Edgar Lee Masters, Alfred Fowler, Arturo Alessandri, Carl Brockelmann, and George Ellery Hale. After him are Cai Yuanpei, Mihailo Petrović, Lauri Ingman, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, George Arliss, and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1924, Oskar Merikanto ranks 57. Before him are Dimitar Blagoev, Eugenius Warming, E. Nesbit, Carl Anton Larsen, Àngel Guimerà, and Andrew Irvine. After him are Nilo Peçanha, F. H. Bradley, Mikhail Rodzianko, Xaver Scharwenka, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, and Wilhelm Roux.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Oskar Merikanto ranks 103 out of 642. Before him are Matti Vanhanen (1955), Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), and Albin Stenroos (1889). After him are Sanna Marin (1985), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Juha Mieto (1949), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), and Lauri Ingman (1868).

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Among COMPOSERS In Finland

Among composers born in Finland, Oskar Merikanto ranks 4. Before him are Jean Sibelius (1865), Bernhard Crusell (1775), and Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928). After him are Kaija Saariaho (1952), Selim Palmgren (1878), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Martin Wegelius (1846), Toivo Kuula (1883), Kalevi Aho (1949), and Magnus Lindberg (1958).

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