Academic cantatas (Sibelius)

Academic cantatas are two cantatas for university graduation ceremonies by Jean Sibelius. He composed a Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894, and a Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897, both scored for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra. One movement of the 1894 work was published as Juhlamarssi. Only the vocal score of the 1897 work survived, published as Nine Songs for Chorus, Op. 23.

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894
Cantata by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1892, by Eero Jaernefelt
CatalogueJS 105
Textby Kasimir Lönnbohm
LanguageFinnish
Composed1894 (1894)
Scoring
Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897
Cantata by Jean Sibelius
CatalogueJS 106
Textby A. V. Forsman
LanguageFinnish
Composed1894 (1894)
Scoring

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894

Sibelius composed the cantata, JS 105, setting a text by Kasimir Lönnbohm (or Leino), in the spring of 1894. His homophonic composition remained unpublished, only a march movement was published as Juhlamarssi.[1]

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897

Sibelius based a second cantata for graduation ceremonies, JS 106, based on words by A. V. Forsman. Only the vocal score of the work survived. The movements were published as a collection of songs, Nine Songs for Chorus, Op. 23.[2]

Songs

Nine songs from the Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1897 were published for mixed choir:

  1. Me nuoriso Suomen # Tuuli tuudittele # Oi toivo, toivo sä lietomieli # Montapa elon merellä # Sammuva sainio maan # Soi kiitokseksi Luojan / No. 6b Tuule, tuuli, leppeämmin # Oi lempi, sun valtas ääretön on

    (O love)

  2. Kuin virta vuolas # Oi kallis Suomi, äiti verraton

    (O precious Finland)

Literature
  • Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

References
  1. Tawaststjerna, Erik (1976). Sibelius: 1865−1905. University of California Press. pp. 151. ISBN 9780520030145.
  2. "Works for choir and orchestra". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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