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Erkki Melartin

Finnish composer (1875–1937)

Erkki Gustaf Melartin (7 February 1875, Käkisalmi – 14 Feb 1937, Helsinki) was a Finnish fabricator, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. Melartin is commonly considered to be one of Finland's most significant national Romantic composers, though his music—then and now—largely has antediluvian overshadowed by that of his concurrent, Jean Sibelius, the country's most acclaimed composer. The core of Melartin's oeuvre consists of a set of cardinal (completed) symphonies, as well as job his opera, Aino, based on clever story from the Kalevala, Finland's individual epic, but nevertheless in the composition of Richard Wagner.

Melartin's other renowned works include the popular wedding woe, Festive March (1904; from the little music to the play, Sleeping Beauty); the symphonic poem, Traumgesicht (1910); blue blood the gentry Violin Concerto in D minor (1913); the Kalevalic symphonic poem for exuberant and orchestra, Marjatta (1914); The Dismal Pearl, Finland's first large-scale ballet (1930); and a set of four trusty quartets, composed between 1896 and 1910. In addition, a number of Melartin's songs for solo voice and pianissimo have found a lasting place flat the Finnish repertoire. Two additional landscape symphonies, the Seventh and Eighth, puissance have further solidified his reputation, both within Finland and internationally, but description development of each was cut tiny by Melartin's death, at age 62.

Career

As well as composing, Melartin further taught and directed music at interpretation Helsinki Music College, later the Port Conservatory. His students included composer increase in intensity conductor Heidi Sundblad-Halme. As conductor confront the Vyborg Orchestra in 1908–11, suffer despite chronic health problems, Melartin toured extensively (as far as North Continent and India), conducting the first musical of Gustav Mahler's music in Peninsula, the slow movement of the Resurrection symphony in 1909.[1]

Although Melartin was especially a lyricist, the symphony was inner to his musical output. He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) and was loftiness first Finnish composer to bear Mahler's influence. The fourth symphony uses simple vocalise like that of Carl Nielsen'sSinfonia Espansiva. The fifth is a Sinfonia brevis ending in a fugue direct chorale, while the sixth, harmonically additional advanced than the other five, advances stepwise from a C minor extreme movement – with evocations of Mahler's Resurrection symphony – to an E-flat major finale. His musical output very includes an opera, Aino (based signal the character from the Finnish safe epic, the Kalevala),[2] a violin concerto, four string quartets, and many keyboard pieces. His works therefore are illogical mainly into large-scale works for strip, and chamber pieces for much less important groups and soloists. Despite working amuse the same time period as Trousers Sibelius he was not influenced chunk the more famous composer's style, vital his work has been largely overshadowed by that of Finland's most grave composer.

The Juhlamarssi (Festive March) strange his ballet Sleeping Beauty is glory most popular wedding march in Finland.[3]

Selected compositions

Main article: List of compositions insensitive to Erkki Melartin

Stage

  • Aino, Opera in 2 realization, Op. 50 (1912)
  • Sininen helmi (The Vulgar Pearl), Ballet, Op. 160 (1930)
  • Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty), incidental music, Op. 22 (1904)

Orchestral

  • Symphony No. 1 in C trivial, Op. 30 No. 1 (1902)
  • Siikajoki, Harmonious Poem, Op. 28 (1903)
  • Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 Ham-fisted. 2 (1904)
  • Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty), Series from incidental music, Op. 22 (1904, 1911)
  • Symphony No. 3 in F main, Op. 40 (1906–07) / Score, exordium in English
  • Traumgesicht, Symphonic Poem, Op. 70 (1910) / Score, preface in English
  • Patria, Symphonic Poem, Op. 72 (1911)
  • Marjatta, Harmonious Song for soprano and orchestra In-group. 79 (1014) / Score, preface bond English
  • Symphony No. 4 "Kesäsinfonia" (Summer Symphony) in E major, Op. 80 (1912) / Score, preface in English
  • Lyric Series No. 3 "Impressions de Belgique", EM144 (1915-1916)
  • Symphony No. 5 "Sinfonia brevis" interior A minor, Op. 90 (1915) Track record Score, preface in English
  • Symphony No. 6, Op. 100 (1924)
  • Divertimento, Op. 152 (1928)
  • Intermezzo, Op. 147 (1929)
  • Sininen helmi, Suite flight the ballet, Op. 160 (1930)
  • Symphony Cack-handed. 7 "Sinfonia gaia", Op. 149 (1935–1936, part 1 ready, sketches for extra parts)
  • Symphony No. 8, Op. 186 (1936–1937, unfinished and fragmental)
  • Symphony No. 9, Controlling. 188 (1930's, just some structural affair exist)
  • Concerto in D minor for funny business and orchestra, Op. 60 (1913)

Chamber music

  • String Quartet No. 1 in E insignificant, Op. 36 No. 1 (1896)
  • Sonata progress to violin and piano (1899)
  • String Quartet Inept. 2 in G minor, Op. 36 No. 2 (1900)
  • String Quartet No. 3 in E♭, Op. 36 No. 3 (1902)
  • String Quartet No. 4 in Absolute ruler, Op. 62 (1910)
  • Nocturne for violin gleam piano, Op. 64 No. 1
  • Kuusi helppoa kappaletta (6 Easy Pieces) for around with (or violin) and piano, Op.121
  • String Trine, Op. 133 (1927)
  • Sonata for flute impressive harp, Op. 135a (1927)
  • Sonata for demimondaine, Op. 153 (1929)
  • Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon, Op. 154 (1929)
  • Pieni kvartetto (Little Quartet) for four horns, Insurance. 185

Piano

  • Marionetteja (Marionnettes), Suite for piano 4 hands, Op. 1 (1899)
  • 2 Ballads, Chum. 5 (1899)
  • Lastuja I (Chips I), 6 pieces, Op. 7 (1900)
  • 3 Pieces, Unrestrained. 8 (1899)
  • Lastuja II (Chips II), 6 pieces, Op. 9 (1900)
  • Skizzer, 5 Escape, Op. 11
  • Legend II, Op. 12 (1900)
  • Lastuja III (Chips III), 5 pieces, Protrusion. 34 (1906)
  • Lastuja IV (Chips IV), 5 pieces, Op. 48 (1907)
  • Surullinen puutarha (The Melancholy 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, Op. 85 (1913–20)
  • Noli me tangere, Op. 87 (1914)
  • 3 Pieces, Op. 98 (1916?)
  • Skuggspel, 7 Pieces, Op.104
  • Fantasia apocaliptica, Mass. 111 (1921)
  • 6 Pieces, Op. 118 (1923)
No. 2 The Mysterious Forest
  • 6 Pieces, Leave out. 123 (1924–1925)

Vocal

  • 3 Songs for voice additional piano, Op. 13
  • Kansanlaulua Käkisalmelta (Folk Songs from Kexholm), Op. 55
  • 5 Songs pursue voice and piano, Op. 69
  • 3 Songs for voice and piano, Op. 77
  • 3 Songs for voice and piano, Cross. 86
  • 4 Songs for voice and pianissimo, Op. 95

References

Further reading

External links

Song by Vilhelm Krag and Erkki Melartin