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Oskar Merikanto
Oskar Merikanto is credited on 663 releases across 172 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
663
Pressings credited
172
Albums
8
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Oskar Merikanto (pronounced [ˈoskɑr ˈmeriˌkɑnto] ; born Frans Oskar Ala-Kanto; 5 August 1868 – 17 February 1924) was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist. As a composer, Merikanto was primarily a miniaturist, and his extensive œuvre includes songs and piano pieces (he wrote over 100 of each). Of the latter, he is best remembered for: Summer Evening Waltz (Kesäillan valssi, Op. 1), Romance (Romanssi, Op. 12), Summer Evening Idyll (Kesäillan idylli, Op. 16/2), Valse lente (Op. 33), and Idyll (Idylli, Op. 73/1). Merikanto also wrote three operas: The Maiden of the North (Pohjan neiti, 1898), which retains a degree of historical significance as the first opera composed to a Finnish libretto; The Death of Elina (Elinan surma, 1910); and Regina von Emmeritz (1920). However, Merikanto's operas have entered neither the domestic nor the international repertoires. As a music critic, Merikanto was associated with the Finnish-language, liberal, nationalist newspaper Päivälehti.
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Credited work
663 releases · 172 albums · active 1955–2025
- Performance · 1,055
- Other credits · 35
Studios: Finnvox · Finnlevy Studios · KMH Studios · Soundtrack Studios, Helsinki
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Vesa-Matti Loiri
- Francis Goya
- Matti Salminen (2)
- Tapani Kansa
- Izumi Tateno
- Ingmar Nordström
- Thorleifs
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