Kullervo, Op.7 (Sibelius, Jean)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1892.
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1961.
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Work Title Kullervo
Alternative. Title (Symphony or tone poem?) for soprano (or mezzo?), baritone, male choir and orchestra.
Name Translations クレルヴォ交響曲; Kullervo (Sibelius); 库勒沃; Куллерво; Κουλέρβο
Name Aliases Kullervo, Op. 7; Kullervo, op. 7; Куллерво (Сибелиус); Κουλέρβο, έργο 7
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179892923; LCCN: n90619253; BNF: 13919265n
Composer Sibelius, Jean
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.7
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJS 29
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 sections:
1. Introduction
2. Kullervo's Youth
3. Kullervo and His Sister
4. Kullervo Goes to Battle
5. Kullervo's Death
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1892 (completion)
First Performance. 1892-04-28
First Publication. 1961 - Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und Härtel (facsimile of copyist manuscript)
Librettist Composer, based on the Kalevala
Language Finnish
Average DurationAvg. Duration 70-80 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: soprano, baritone, male chorus (TTBB)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 3 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, cymbals, strings
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Also see Glenda Dawn Doss' book "Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland" (Google previewable) and (if one has access) her preface to the 2005 Urtext edition (which also has a somewhat different text- as in vocal part, not just music- with explanation in the preface. Sibelius made his own changes to the tale of Kullervo; a few words here or there which however do change the sense of some lines in major ways in e.g. the middle of the 3rd movement, a word meaning money to a word meaning desire, for example.) (The decision to use male choir rather than full chorus was reached, btw, at a suggestion from Wasenius (iirc), but Sibelius agreed.) Goss describes the appearance of the manuscript of the last two movements in such fashion that it's something of a wonder that any performances occurred before 1961 not conducted by Sibelius (one assumes the copyist at least made readable, if perhaps very error-filled, copies; the full score, however, seems to have been completed in such a hurry for the - even so! - delayed premiere, of Sibelius' first really major work and Finland's first major choral symphony on a Finnish text - that, as Goss describes them, those two movements in particular - really are a mess.- ES 3rd movement also published separately in 1961.

Symphonies by Jean Sibelius