Pekka Hannikainen

Pekka Juhani Hannikainen (December 9, 1854, Nurmes, Finland – September 13, 1924, Helsinki) was a Finnish musical composer and the head of a famous Finnish musical family.

Hannikainen was the first conductor of the Finnish students' choir, the Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, in 1882–1885. From 1887–1891, he was the editor of the first Finnish musical paper, Säveleitä. He was a composer of songs and choruses, and lived at Helsinki.

He was the father of the pianist Ilmari Hannikainen (b. 1893), the composer Väinö Hannikainen, and the cellist Tauno Hannikainen (b. 1896).

References

• Arthur Eaglefield Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).

External links

• Free scores by Pekka Hannikainen at the International Music Score Library Project

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Name	Hannikainen, Pekka Juhani
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Date of birth	December 9, 1854
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Date of death	September 13, 1924
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