Pekka Gronow

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M. A. Numminen, Unto Mononen and Pekka Gronow in 1968. Numminen-Mononen-Gronow.jpg
M. A. Numminen, Unto Mononen and Pekka Gronow in 1968.

Pekka Heikki Tapani Gronow (born 1 November 1943, Helsinki) is a Finnish ethnomusicologist and historian of the recording industry. [1] He studied at Wesleyan University with David P. McAllester and Robert E. Brown and at the University of Helsinki and received his PhD from the University of Tampere. He was the head of the record library [2] [3] at Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company) 1989–2006 and an archiving specialist 2007–2008. Gronow became known in the 1960s for his radio programs on jazz and blues. In 1966 he founded with M. A. Numminen Eteenpäin, a record company which issued Numminen's works and other underground artists.

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He has written books and articles on popular music, communications and the history of the recording industry. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (2002) and the Fredrik Pacius award of Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland (2018). [4]

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  1. ↑ Paavilainen, Ulla (2014). Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015. Helsinki: Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-28228-0.
  2. ↑ "Matti Pohto, Erkki Pirtola ja muut – keitä ovat Suomen kulttuurihistorian unohdetut sankarit?". Yle. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Ekholm, Kai. "Pekka Gronow". Tiellä sananvapauteen. The National Library of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Dahlström, Fabian. "Gronow, Pekka". Uppslagsverket Finland. Svenska folkskolans vänner rf. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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