About Ahti Sonninen
Finnish composer; b. Kuopio, July 11, 1914; d. Helsinki, Aug. 27, 1984. Following graduation from the Kajaani training college, he took courses in theory and composition with Palmgren, Merikanto, Ranta, and Funtek at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (1939–47). He taught elementary school (1936–43), then taught in the school music dept. of the Sibelius Academy (from 1957). He followed the tenets of international musical modernism in his technique of composition, but also adhered to subjects from Finnish folklore.
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Jouluhymni
Sonninen : Rauhaa, vain rauhaa
Rauhaa, vain rauhaa (Peace, only peace)
Rauhaa vain rauhaa
Rauhaa, vain rauhaa (Peace, only peace) [arr. J. Kiiski]
Jouluhymni (Rauhaa vain rauhaa)
Pessi ja Illusia
Jouluhymni (Rauhaa, vain rauhaa)
Sonninen : La Danza Karelia
Kalevala-savelma (Kalevala Melody) (arr. A. Sonninen for voice and piano)
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