Hannes Saari

Hannes Saari (April 25, 1886 – July 13, 1967) was a Finnish American singer, songwriter and choir director.

Saari was born in Oulu. His family moved to the US in 1902, but Hannes returned to Finland ten years later. He studied music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki from 1913 to 1914 and was then involved in mining in Butte, Montana, after which he moved to New York City, where he became a well-… More