Usko Meriläinen
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Vinony's link graph records 53 inbound references to Usko Meriläinen, and connects out to Finland, Tampere and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1930 births, 2004 deaths and 20th-century Finnish classical composers.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Impression, für Kammer-Ensemble (1965)
- Piano sonata no. 2
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2004
classicalcomposerfinnish composer
Discography
- Mouvements circulaires en douceur / String Quartets nos. 1 & 21987
- Ku-Gu-Ku: Electroacoustic Works by Usko Meriläinen1990
- Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra / Symphony no. 3 / Concerto for Double Bass and Percussion1991
- Piano1994
- Society of Finnish Composers 50th Anniversary 19951995
- Meet the Composer: Usko Meriläinen1999
- Epifania2012
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 383
- Total plays
- 1,637
Tags
contemporary classicalcomposerfinlandAvant-Gardemusique concrète
Usko Meriläinen (January 27, 1930 – November 12, 2004) was a Finnish composer. He was born in Tampere. In 1954 his Partita for Brass won the Thor Johnson composition competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Usko+Meril%C3%A4inen">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Meriläinen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Tampere
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Sibelius Academy
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Image
- Usko-Merilainen-1960s.jpg
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- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- date of birth
- 1930-01-27
- date of death
- 2004-11-12
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