Palmgren, Selim
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Gehrmans Musikförlag
Selim Palmgren was a composer, pianist and conductor.He studied with Martin Wegelius, Petzet, Melcer-Szczawiński and Karl Ekman (piano) at the Helsinki Music Institute in 1895–99 and continued his studies in Germany and Italy under Conrad Ansorge, Wilhelm Berger and Feruccio Busoni. Back in Finland he held appointments as conductor of the Helsinki University Chorus, for which he composed several partsongs. From 1909 to 1912 he conducted the orchestra of the Turku Musical Society, after which he worked solely as a composer and pianist.