ROSAS, JOHN (, Lapinjärvi–, Turku), musicologist, choral director in Turku, music critic, and director of the Sibelius Museum (see SIBELIUS MUSEUM) from 1959 to 1973.
Rosas studied at the Helsinki Conservatory and at the Åbo Akademy in Turku where he earned his doctorate in 1950. His dissertation was Fredrik Pacius som tonsättare
(Fredrik Pacius as a Composer). Like Pacius, Rosas became a versatile musician. One of the leading musicologists of the Swedish-Finnish...