Giuseppe Acerbi

He never completed the task; Giuseppe Acerbi died in his hometown of Castel Goffredo, Italy on August 25, 1846.

As he got older, he eventually was taught by a tutor that demanded Acerbi to learn Italian, French, German and English as an addition of knowing his native Lombard language.

After fighting with other explorers that were part of his trip, Acerbi decided travel through Finnish Lapland by himself on his return of going home.

[5] During his stay in Finland he picked up several books of poems, Jos mun tuttuni tulisi ( "If you were my dear"), the lullaby Nuku, nuku nurmilintu ( "Sleep, sleep little bird"), the poem of Antti Keksi about the flood of the river Tornionjoki in 1677, eventually becoming a religious song.

He recorded the melody of the song "Do Not Be afraid of the People of Finland" and of Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem, composed of 50 songs, or runi, describing the execution of the poems, the local shaman singers, but such transcription is considered inaccurate.

[citation needed][6][circular reference] The figure of Acerbi is much more famous in Finland than in Italy: the Finnish radio station's title is derived from its melody.