Maria 'Maikki' Järnefelt-Palmgren ( Pakarinen; 1871—1929) was an internationally-recognised

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operatic soprano and singing

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, who toured extensively around Europe. She is especially known as a Wagnerian and Lied singer. Maria Pakarinen's first marriage was to the composer and conductor, Prof.

Armas Järnefelt Edvard Armas Järnefelt (14 August 1869 – 23 June 1958), was a Finnish conductor and composer, who achieved some minor success with his orchestral works ''Berceuse'' and ''Praeludium''. He spent much of his conducting career at the Royal Sw ...

(m. 1893 — div. 1908), with whom she had a child. She later married the composer, conductor and pianist, Prof. Selim Palmgren (m. 1910 — her death 1929). Both her husbands were also effectively her agents and managers. Her

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from her first marriage was Aino Sibelius ( Järnefelt), the wife of

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. She studied in Germany under , a renowned singing coach and personal friend of Richard Wagner. Järnefelt-Palmgren died relatively young, at 57: she suffered a stroke during the

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of her husband's cantata, '' Turun Lilja'', and died in hospital shortly afterwards.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Järnefelt, Maikki Finnish operatic sopranos People from Joensuu 1871 births 1929 deaths 19th-century Finnish women opera singers 20th-century Finnish women opera singers