FABRITIUS, ERNST (, Viipuri–, Lapinjärvi), composer of solo songs and concert violinist who studied in Leipzig and gave up a performing career to become a journalist, farmer, and horse-breeder.
Fabritius studied violin in Helsinki and joined a group of Finnish students sponsored by the government that studied in Leipzig in 1856 when he was only fifteen. He studied violin there with Ferdinand David (–) and composition with E. F. Richter (–). Two years...