Fredrik Pacius
Sign in to saveGerman composer resided in Finland (1809-1891)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1809
- Died
- 1891
- Works
- 2
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1809-03-19
- Active to
- 1891-01-08
classicalcomposergerman composer
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,662
- Total plays
- 20,653
Tags
finnishClassicalgermangermanyfinland
Fredrik Pacius (born Friedrich Pacius) (March 19, 1809, Hamburg – January 8, 1891, Helsinki) was a German composer and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He has been called the "Father of Finnish music". Pacius was appointed music teacher at the University of Helsinki in 1834. In Helsinki he founded a musical society, the student choir Akademiska Sångföreningen and an orchestra. In 1848 Pacius wrote the music to the poem "Vårt land" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, which was to become Fi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fredrik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
- Employer
- University of Helsinki
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Student of
- Moritz Hauptmann
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Pacius.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
Show 8 more facts
- Commons gallery
- Fredrik Pacius
- Commons category
- Fredrik Pacius
- date of birth
- 1809-03-13
- date of death
- 1891-01-08
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- student
- Johan Lindberg
- name in native language
- Fredrik Pacius
- P8168
- Jacques Lipchitz
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Fredrik Pacius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana