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Apr 27, 1879 Vårdö, Grand Duchy of Finland, Finland Died on 27 Dec 1969 (aged 90)
Finnish musicologist
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- Otto Emanuel Andersson (27 April 1879 – 27 December 1969) was a Finnish musicologist. Andersson studied first at the Helsingfors musikinstitut (now the Sibelius Academy), becoming a teacher there.
- He studied folklore and music from 1908 onwards, and gained his Ph.D.
- in 1923 at the University of Helsinki.
- From 1926 on he held the Robert Mattsons chair in musicology and folklore at the Åbo Akademi.
- In 1906 he formed the Brage Society, dedicated to Finland’s Swedish folk music and culture, serving later as the group's chairman and choirmaster. Andersson founded the three music magazines, wrote a variety of valuable essays and collected and arranged traditional Swedish, Finnish and Estonian folk songs and dances.
- He also served as a contributor to the Svensk uppslagsbok dictionary, producing music-related entries.
