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First name: Helvi
Last name: Leiviska
Dates: 1902-1982
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Finnish
Opus name: Opus 1 in A (1926/35)
Publisher: Finland
Peculiarities: : FIMIC http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/WSMLP?readform&link=wadvancedhaku?openform&cat=sheet_music_library
Information: From Wikipedia Helvi Leiviska (b. 5 May 1902, d. 12 August 1982) was a Finnish composer, writer, music educator and librarian at the Sibelius Academy. Helvi Leiviska was born in Helsinki, Finland, and in 1927 graduated in composition from the Helsinki Music Institute (Sibelius Academy) where she studied with Erkki Melartin. She continued her studies in Vienna, and then returned to Finland where she studied with Leevi Madetoja. She began work as a composer with a debut in 1935 and also worked as a music teacher. In 1933 she took a position as librarian at the Sibelius Academy. After World War II, Leiviska furthered her studies with Leo Funtek and began to write reviews for periodicals including Ilta Sanomat. She died in Helsinki.