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Väinö Raitio

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Finnish composer (1891–1945)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Finland
Active from
1891-04-15
Active to
1945-09-10
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Väinö Raitio (April 15, 1891 – September 10, 1945) was part of the small group of composers who appeared in the Finnish art music scene in the 1920s with a new cosmopolitan music style, much different from the dominating conservative National Romanticism. Raitio's career as a composer reached its peak in the 1920s when eight large symphonic poems appeared from his pen. Influenced by Alexander Scriabin, his style was too modern for the Nordic music circles <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/V%C3

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