Emil Kauppi | |
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![]() Emil Kauppi | |
Born | Johan Emil Kauppi 28 October 1875 Finland |
Disappeared | October 1930 (aged 55–56) |
Nationality | Finnish |
Johan Emil Kauppi (28 October 1875 – disappeared 1930) was a Finnish composer. His teachers included Jean Sibelius. [1]
Kauppi married a woman named Liina Lovisa Lindström in 1908.
He wrote two operas. The first, in 1925, was Päiväkummun pidot (The Feast at Solhaug), which was well received by critics. [2] The second, in 1930, was Nummisuutarit (The Cobblers on the Heath), which received only poor reviews. [3]
In October 1930, shortly after the premiere of Nummisuutarit, he disappeared and is thought to have committed suicide. [4] He was last seen alive in Tampere on 24 October. [5]