MERIKANTO, AARRE (, Helsinki–, Helsinki), composer, teacher, son of composer Oskar Merikanto.
As a child Aarre Merikanto was exposed to music constantly, and often lay on top of the grand piano while his father composed, babbling his own melodies. However, the later music of the ultramodern Aarre bore no resemblance to that of his conservative father. He later studied composition in Helsinki with Erkki Melartin, in Leipzig with Max Reger from 1912 to 1914, and in...