WARTIOVAARA-KALLIONIEMI, Lyyli
Name:
WARTIOVAARA-KALLIONIEMI, Lyyli (b. 1887)
Musical genre:
Chamber Music, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
Finland
Country of location:
Finland
Notes:
Eva Lyyli Johanna Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi (17 February 1887 – 13 January 1970) was a Finnish composer whose best-known composition is the Christmas song Tonttu. The lyrics of this Christmas carol were based on the poem Tomten, written by the Swedish Viktor Rydberg in 1881, which was translated into Finnish by Valter Juva in 1906. Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi's composition was published in sheet music in 1945.
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