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The Story of Kullervo is a collection of several texts, including a prose version of the Kullervo cycle in Elias Lönnrot's Karelian and Finnish epic poem Kalevala, written by J. R. R. Tolkien when he was an undergraduate at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1914 to 1915. That was an unsettled period for the author and this is thought to be ...
These began with his unfinished 1914 The Story of Kullervo, his adaptation of a section of the Kalevala. The story already displays numerous features characteristic of his Middle-earth writings. Another work from this period, "The Voyage of Éarendel the Evening Star", resembles the Kalevala's closing scene.
Kullervo is the subject of a 1988 opera by Aulis Sallinen. [1] Kullervo is also the subject of a symphonic poem composed in 1913 by Leevi Madetoja. [1] In 2006, the Finnish metal band Amorphis released the album Eclipse, which tells the story of Kullervo according to a play by Paavo Haavikko. The play has been translated into English by Anselm ...
The piece tells the story of the tragic hero Kullervo, with each movement depicting an episode from his ill-fated life: first, an introduction that establishes the psychology of the titular character; second, a haunting "lullaby with variations" that portrays his unhappy childhood; third, a dramatic dialogue between soloists and chorus in which ...
Tolkien consciously based the story on the tale of Kullervo in the 19th-century Finnish mythological poem Kalevala. Scholars have noted parallels with other myths including that of Sigmund and Sigurd in the Völsunga saga of Norse mythology; with the Greek myth of Oedipus; and in terms of structure and style, with Arthurian legend.
An important translation used by many other translators to bring Kalevala to their own language. 1926: Charles Guyot: Abridged version of Louis Léouzon le Duc's translation. 1927: Jean Louis Perret: Full translation in metric verse. 1991: Gabriel Rebourcet: Full translation. In old style French vocabulary. English: 1868: John Addison Porter
Kullervo premiered on 14 October 1913 with Madetoja conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Society. [2] It was the final number on a program that also included other orchestral novelties by Madetoja: the Concert Overture (Konserttialkusoitto; Op. 7, 1911); Melody and Little Romance (Melodia ja Pieni romanssi; Op. 17, 1913); Dance Vision (Tanssinäky; Op. 11; 1911); Merikoski, a cantata for mixed ...
Promoted File:Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Kullervo Cursing - Google Art Project.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus 23:57, 23 February 2015 (UTC) Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings , as according to the description page this is a oil on canvas painting.