Armas Järnefelt Finland
Biography
Edvard Armas Järnefelt (August 14, 1869, Vyborg –June 23, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish composer and conductor. Armas Järnefelt was the son of general August Aleksander Järnefelt and Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg. His siblings were Kasper, Arvid, Erik, Ellida, Ellen, Aino, Hilja and Sigrid. Armas Järnefelt was the first Finnish composer to conduct Richard Wagner's operas in Finland. Järnefelt's music teacher in Helsinki was Ferruccio Busoni and in Paris, Jules Massenet.
