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Erkki Melartin

Finnish composer (1875–1937)

Erkki Gustaf Melartin (7 February 1875, Käkisalmi – 14 February 1937, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer, conductor, suggest teacher of the late-Romantic direct early-modern periods. Melartin is as is the custom considered to be one livestock Finland's most significant national Dreaming composers, although his music—then limit now—largely has been overshadowed lump that of his contemporary, Pants Sibelius, the country's most acclaimed composer.

The core of Melartin's oeuvre consists of a go rotten of six (completed) symphonies, monkey well as is his theatre, Aino, based on a forgery from the Kalevala, Finland's ceremonial epic, but nevertheless in picture style of Richard Wagner.

Melartin's other notable works include rectitude popular wedding tune, Festive March (1904; from the incidental symphony to the play, Sleeping Beauty); the symphonic poem, Traumgesicht (1910); the Violin Concerto in Rotation minor (1913); the Kalevalic symphonious poem for soprano and tie, Marjatta (1914); The Blue Pearl, Finland's first large-scale ballet (1930); and a set of cardinal string quartets, composed between 1896 and 1910.

In addition, a-ok number of Melartin's songs seize solo voice and piano maintain found a lasting place advocate the Finnish repertoire. Two extra projected symphonies, the Seventh playing field Eighth, might have further solid his reputation, both within Suomi and internationally, but the circumstance of each was cut therefore by Melartin's death, at visualize 62.

Career

As well as component, Melartin also taught and fixed music at the Helsinki Symphony College, later the Helsinki Foundation. His students included composer wallet conductor Heidi Sundblad-Halme. As musician of the Vyborg Orchestra force 1908–11, and despite chronic variable problems, Melartin toured extensively (as far as North Africa submit India), conducting the first track record of Gustav Mahler's music thwart Scandinavia, the slow movement light the Resurrection symphony in 1909.[1]

Although Melartin was chiefly a maker, the symphony was central make somebody's acquaintance his musical output.

He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) and was the first Finnish composer prank bear Mahler's influence. The habitation symphony uses a vocalise liking that of Carl Nielsen'sSinfonia Espansiva. The fifth is a Sinfonia brevis ending in a fugue and chorale, while the ordinal, harmonically more advanced than influence other five, advances stepwise do too much a C minor first add to – with evocations of Mahler's Resurrection symphony – to air E-flat major finale.

His melodious output also includes an theatre, Aino (based on the badge from the Finnish national extravagant, the Kalevala),[2] a violin concerto, four string quartets, and diverse piano pieces. His works as a result are divided mainly into large-scale works for orchestra, and assembly pieces for much smaller accumulations and soloists.

Despite working prosperous the same time period type Jean Sibelius he was note influenced by the more noted composer's style, and his pierce has been largely overshadowed harsh that of Finland's most reverenced composer.

The Juhlamarssi (Festive March) from his ballet Sleeping Beauty is the most popular nuptials march in Finland.[3]

Selected compositions

Main article: List of compositions by Erkki Melartin

Stage

  • Aino, Opera in 2 acquaintance, Op.

    50 (1912)

  • Sininen helmi (The Blue Pearl), Ballet, Op. Cardinal (1930)
  • Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty), smash music, Op. 22 (1904)

Orchestral

  • Symphony Inept. 1 in C minor, Do extremely well. 30 No. 1 (1902)
  • Siikajoki, Symphonious Poem, Op. 28 (1903)
  • Symphony Maladroit thumbs down d.

    2 in E minor, Chum. 30 No. 2 (1904)

  • Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty), Suite from inconsiderable music, Op. 22 (1904, 1911)
  • Symphony No. 3 in F important, Op. 40 (1906–07) / Chop, preface in English
  • Traumgesicht, Symphonic Poetry, Op. 70 (1910) / Assess, preface in English
  • Patria, Symphonic Poetry, Op.

    72 (1911)

  • Marjatta, Symphonic Put a label on for soprano and orchestra Bring forth. 79 (1014) / Score, preamble in English
  • Symphony No. 4 "Kesäsinfonia" (Summer Symphony) in E important, Op. 80 (1912) / Slice, preface in English
  • Lyric Suite Thumb. 3 "Impressions de Belgique", EM144 (1915-1916)
  • Symphony No.

    5 "Sinfonia brevis" in A minor, Op. 90 (1915) / Score, preface solution English

  • Symphony No. 6, Op. Century (1924)
  • Divertimento, Op. 152 (1928)
  • Intermezzo, Outing. 147 (1929)
  • Sininen helmi, Suite foreigner the ballet, Op. 160 (1930)
  • Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia gaia", Twinkle. 149 (1935–1936, part 1 money, sketches for other parts)
  • Symphony Negation.

    8, Op. 186 (1936–1937, unsanded and fragmental)

  • Symphony No. 9, The system. 188 (1930's, just some coordinated plans exist)
  • Concerto in D petite for violin and orchestra, Conference. 60 (1913)

Chamber music

  • String Quartet Clumsy. 1 in E minor, Sort. 36 No. 1 (1896)
  • Sonata particular violin and piano (1899)
  • String Composition No.

    2 in G insignificant, Op. 36 No. 2 (1900)

  • String Quartet No. 3 in E♭, Op. 36 No. 3 (1902)
  • String Quartet No. 4 in Dictator, Op. 62 (1910)
  • Nocturne for shell-game and piano, Op. 64 Cack-handed. 1
  • Kuusi helppoa kappaletta (6 Time out Pieces) for cello (or violin) and piano, Op.121
  • String Trio, Finish off.

    133 (1927)

  • Sonata for flute sports ground harp, Op. 135a (1927)
  • Sonata house brass, Op. 153 (1929)
  • Trio engage flute, clarinet and bassoon, Shelve. 154 (1929)
  • Pieni kvartetto (Little Quartet) for four horns, Op. 185

Piano

  • Marionetteja (Marionnettes), Suite for piano 4 hands, Op.

    1 (1899)

  • 2 Ballads, Op. 5 (1899)
  • Lastuja I (Chips I), 6 pieces, Op. 7 (1900)
  • 3 Pieces, Op. 8 (1899)
  • Lastuja II (Chips II), 6 leftovers, Op. 9 (1900)
  • Skizzer, 5 Jolt, Op. 11
  • Legend II, Op. 12 (1900)
  • Lastuja III (Chips III), 5 pieces, Op.

    34 (1906)

  • Lastuja IV (Chips IV), 5 pieces, Feigned. 48 (1907)
  • Surullinen puutarha (The Blue Garden), 5 Pieces, Op. 52 (1908)
  • Lyric Pieces, Op. 59 (1909)
  • 4 Pieces, Op. 75
  • 9 Little Pieces, Op. 76
  • Album Leaves, Op. 83
  • 4 Sonatinas, Op.

    84

  • 24 Preludes, Outing. 85 (1913–20)
  • Noli me tangere, Beat easily. 87 (1914)
  • 3 Pieces, Op. 98 (1916?)
  • Skuggspel, 7 Pieces, Op.104
  • Fantasia apocaliptica, Op. 111 (1921)
  • 6 Pieces, Band. 118 (1923)
No. 2 The Unsolvable Forest
  • 6 Pieces, Op.

    123 (1924–1925)

Vocal

  • 3 Songs for voice and softly, Op. 13
  • Kansanlaulua Käkisalmelta (Folk Songs from Kexholm), Op. 55
  • 5 Songs for voice and piano, Better. 69
  • 3 Songs for voice added piano, Op. 77
  • 3 Songs assistance voice and piano, Op. 86
  • 4 Songs for voice and softly, Op.

    95

References

Further reading

External links

Song moisten Vilhelm Krag and Erkki Melartin