PACIUS, FREDRIK (, Hamburg–, Helsinki), first music instructor at the University of Helsinki after its transfer from Turku, composer, conductor, performing violinist, and foremost an inspiring organizer of large-scale performances that created a new audience and appreciation for music, earning him the title of the father of Finnish music.
Pacius, a native of Hamburg, from boyhood had played the violin in chamber music performances in his home. He had been a boy...