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It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). As this work was first published before 1925 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright with no "restoration" under the GATT amendments, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well. |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 sections
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| Composition Year | 1892 (completion) |
| Genre Categories | Symphonic poems; For 2 voices, male chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; |
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| Work Title | Kullervo | |
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| Alternative. Title | (Symphony or tone poem?) for soprano (or mezzo?), baritone, male choir and orchestra. | |
| 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
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| 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) | |
| Copyright Information | Most likely public domain in the USA, despite publication date.
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| Librettist | Sibelius, 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 choir Orchestra | |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
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.
