The first composer to warrant a place in the musical history of Finland, Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814) was an excellent violinist, and he also played the cello. His musical reputation spread all the way to Stockholm (Finland was at that time part of the Kingdom of Sweden), and in 1797 was there admitted as a member of the Royal Academy of Music.

The I violin, viola and cello parts of Tulindberg's String Quartets were discovered in 1923 in the collections of Helsinki University Library. They wer...