Emil Kauppi Explained

Emil Kauppi
Birthname:Johan Emil Kauppi
Birth Date:28 October 1875
Birth Place:Finland
Disappeared Date:October 1930 (aged 55–56)
Nationality:Finnish

Johan Emil Kauppi (28 October 1875 – disappeared 1930) was a Finnish composer. His teachers included Jean Sibelius.[1]

Background

Kauppi married a woman named Liina Lovisa Lindström in 1908.

He wrote two operas. The first, in 1925, was Päiväkummun pidot (The Feast at Solhaug), which was well received by critics.[2] The second, in 1930, was Nummisuutarit (The Cobblers on the Heath), which received only poor reviews.[3]

In October 1930, shortly after the premiere of Nummisuutarit, he disappeared and is thought to have committed suicide.[4] He was last seen alive in Tampere on 24 October.[5]

Compositions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Otavan Iso Musiikkitietosanakirja 3, p. 388 (s.v. Kauppi, Johan Emil). Helsinki 1978.
  2. ”Vangittu kirkonvaras”. Tampereen Uutiset.
  3. Härmä, Hanna-Maija (1979). Emil Kauppi: Säveltäjä ja musiikkimies. Tammerfors: Suomen Työväen Musiikkiliitto. Page 4
  4. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&9615945EFB623137C2256D7B003620A8 FIMIC.
  5. ”Säveltäjä Kauppi kadoksissa jo 3 viikkoa”. Laatokka.