and a poem by the composer's two sons Song Around a Song, Op. 50 (1980) – Four folk songs in Italian, Japanese, Finnish, and English for unaccompanied children's choir The Iron Age: Suite, Op. 55, arranged from music for Finnish TV series based on the Kalevala The Beaufort Scale, Op. 56 (1984), humoresque for unaccompanied choir, based on the wind velocity scale References External links Aulis Sallinen's homepage at Novello & Co. Biographical information and list of works at the Finnish Music Information Centre. Aulis Sallinen at Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music. 1935 births Living people People from Pitkyarantsky District Finnish classical composers Finnish opera composers Male opera composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Sibelius Academy alumni Academic staff of Sibelius Academy Finnish male classical composers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians 20th-century Finnish composers 21st-century Finnish composers