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Sibelius himself arranged the hymn for choral performances. [4] Today, during modern performances of Finlandia in its entirety, a choir is sometimes involved, singing the Finnish lyrics with the hymn section. [5] The Finlandia hymn is often proposed as an official national song or anthem of Finland. [3]
Georgia Harkness "A Song of Peace: A Patriotic Song", [1] [2] also known by its incipit, "This is my song", [3] is a poem written by Lloyd Stone (1912–1993). Lloyd Stone's words were set to the Finlandia hymn melody composed by Jean Sibelius in an a cappella arrangement by Ira B. Wilson that was published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in 1934.
In 1898, Sibelius made minor revisions to the Hymn. [6] Helsinki's Fazer & Westerlund (Helsingfors Nya Musikhandel) published the revised version in 1898, although this first edition was superseded in 1906 when the German-based firm of Breitkopf & Härtel—having bought Fazer's Sibelius contracts and plates in 1905—issued a reprint. [7]
" Sydämeni laulu" ("Song of My Heart"), Op. 18/6 (1898, arr. for SATB 1904) [6] The lyrics for Nos. 2–3 come from Finland's national epic , the Kalevala , while Nos. 1 and 4 draw on its companion book of poetry, the Kanteletar ; finally, for Nos. 5–6 Sibelius set excerpts from the novel Seven Brothers ( Seitsemän veljestä ) by Aleksis Kivi .
Finlandia, Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, and was the last of seven pieces performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history. [6]
A 1917 painting (by Akseli Gallen-Kallela) of Eino Leino, whose poem Sibelius set in Hymn of the Earth.. The cantata resulted from a commission by the Finnish choral conductor Heikki Klemetti [], who had founded the mixed choir Suomen Laulu [] in 1900 and desired from Sibelius a new work that the ensemble could perform in the spring of 1920 to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. [3]
" Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" (in Finnish: "En etsi valtaa, loistoa"; literal English translation: "Give Me No Splendor, Gold or Pomp"), also known simply as "Julvisa" (in English: "Christmas Carol"), Op. 1/4, is an art song for vocal soloist and piano written in 1909 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who set an 1887 Christmas ...
The Seven Songs, Op. 17, [a] is a collection of five Swedish-language and two Finnish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1891 to 1904 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. [b]