Martin Wegelius

Martin Wegelius ( born November 10, 1846 in Helsinki, † March 22, 1906 ) was a Finnish composer and music educator.

Wegelius first began to study in Helsinki, but then continued his education in 1870 in Vienna ( among others with Rudolf Bibl ) away, was shortly afterwards ( 1871-73 ) to Leipzig, where he was taught by other Carl Reinecke and, closing his studies in 1878 in Munich with Josef Rheinberger from.

Wegelius seemed then as Kapellmeister at the Finnish opera (a division of the Finnish National Theatre, 1878 /79), as a pianist, accompanist and as a music critic. In 1882 he founded the Helsinki Music Institute, today's Sibelius Academy, at the Jean Sibelius began to study three years later ( Martin Wegelius was his first composition teacher. ) Among his students - he taught music theory and composition - also include Armas Järnefelt, Erkki Melartin, Toivo Kuula and Selim Palmgren.

He wrote several textbooks ( including a History of Western Music ) who experienced numerous editions and were for Music Education in Finland until the Second World War is of great importance. Wegelius, who was an admirer of Richard Wagner and Wagner 1889, a company founded composed, too ( mainly in the romantic - lyrical idiom ), including several choral and orchestral works.