FURUHJELM, Matilda
Name:
FURUHJELM, Matilda (1825-1914)
Musical genre:
Solo Instrument, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
Finland
Country of location:
Finland
Notes:
Matilda Furuhjelm was an early Finnish woman composer and musician. Her surviving works are small-scale salon pieces typical for 19th-century Finnish home music-making, documented in historical anthologies like Sävelten tyttäret: Franseesi (Francese, 1856) and Studentens Lyra: Vals för piano (The Student's Lyre: Waltz for Piano, 1869). Also, vocal music: Duetto ur Skärgårdsäfventyr ("Hå, hå, när himmelen är grå"), written for two singers in the 1860s to lyrics by the famous author Zachris Topelius.
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