The Origin of Fire
Patriotic cantata by Jean Sibelius (1902/1910) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Origin of Fire (in Finnish: Tulen synty), Op. 32, is a single-movement, patriotic cantata for baritone, male choir, and orchestra written in 1902 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which is a setting of Runo XLVII (lines 41–110) of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, is chronologically the fourth of Sibelius's nine orchestral cantatas.
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The Origin of Fire | |
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Cantata by Jean Sibelius | |
Native name | Tulen synty |
Opus | 32 |
Text | Kalevala (Runo XLVII)[1] |
Language | Finnish |
Composed | 1902 (1902), rev. 1910 |
Publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel (1912)[2] |
Duration | 10 mins. (orig. 15 mins.)[3] |
Premiere | |
Date | 9 April 1902 (1902-04-09)[1] |
Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
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It premiered on 9 April 1902 at the opening of the Finnish National Theatre, conducted by the composer. It was later revised in 1910. Some of the sketches for the piece can be related back to 1893 to 1894.