MIELCK, ERNST (, Viipuri–, Locarno, Switzerland), pianist and composer of songs, chamber music, piano works, a cantata and orchestral works, including the first successful Finnish symphony, who died shortly before his twenty-second birthday.
Mielck was born of gifted amateur musicians, and his mother was a sister of the violinist-composer Ernst Fabritius (see FABRITIUS, ERNST). A sickly child, Mielck was unable to speak until he was almost seven and was unable...