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Lemminkäinen Suite
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The Lemminkäinen Suite, or more correctly Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22, is a sequence of four tone poems for orchestra completed in 1896 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The work was c
The composer (c. 1895)
The composer (c. 1895)
An 12 April 1896 advertisement from Uusi Suometar (in Finnish) promoting the premiere of Sibelius's Lemminkäinen Suite. Note that The Swan of Tuonela
An 12 April 1896 advertisement from Uusi Suometar (in Finnish) promoting the premiere of Sibelius's Lemminkäinen Suite. Note that The Swan of Tuonela is listed in its original position of No. 3.
Aino (Kajanus)
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Aino is a single-movement symphonic poem for male choir and orchestra written in 1885 by the Finnish conductor and composer Robert Kajanus. The piece tells the tragic story of the eponymous heroine fr
The young composer (c. 1880s)
The young composer (c. 1880s)
The 1886 statue Aino [fi], by the Finnish sculptor Johannes Takanen [fi]
The 1886 statue Aino [fi], by the Finnish sculptor Johannes Takanen [fi]
A 1905 painting of Kajanus conducting, by the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt.
A 1905 painting of Kajanus conducting, by the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt.
The title page to the 1849 2nd edition of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic
The title page to the 1849 2nd edition of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic