Karl (Kalle) Rautio (russian: Карл Эрикович Раутио; 20 November 1889,

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

– 15 December 1963, Petrozavodsk) was the composer of the

Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic The State Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was the national anthem of Karelia (now a federal subject of Russia) when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Karelo-Finnish SSR.https://books.google.com/books?id=gy4rAAAAYAAJ Helin, R ...

and one of the founders of professional musical art in

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."Раутио Карл Эрикович (1889-1963 гг.)"
Karelian Republic National Archive. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

Biography

An ethnic Karelian, Karl Rautio was born into a peasant family in the Vaasa region of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1889. The Rautios immigrated to the

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in 1903, where he made out a living as a miner, along with studying music. Rautio enrolled as a music student at the

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in 1916, graduating in 1920.Zhukov, Andrei
"Пастуший наигрыш и симфония: Все это — Карл Раутио".
K.E. Rautio Musical College. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2009. In 1922 he immigrated to the

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, settling in

. From 1931 to 1935 he organized and conducted the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, whose first performance over the Soviet airwaves took place under his direction in 1931. Together with the Finnish poet Armas Äikiä, who wrote the lyrics, Rautio submitted the winning entry for music and lyrics for the Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic in 1945. Petrozavodsk's K.E. Rautio Musical College, formerly known as the Petrozavodsk School of Music, bears Karl Rautio's name since December 29, 1971. A sign marking the location of his house in Petrozavodsk was installed in 1987."Дом, в котором жили и работали в 1954-1967гг. писатель Н.М. Яккола, в 1949-1963гг. К.Э. Раутио, в 1950-1977гг. историк Я.А. Балагуров, пр. Ленина, 8".
Catalogue of Petrozavodsk. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia. 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2009.

References

External links

The first page of Rautio's First Symphony
1889 births 1963 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Finnish composers 20th-century male musicians People from Vaasa Communist Party of the Soviet Union members University of California, Berkeley alumni Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour American emigrants to the Soviet Union Bolsheviks {{Finland-composer-stub Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States Finnish Karelian people Finnish male classical composers Soviet male classical composers