Marjatta (Sibelius)
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Marjatta (Sibelius)
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Marjatta was a projected three-movement oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra that occupied the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius from 27 June to late-October 1905, at which point he abandoned the project. The libretto, a collaboration with the Finnish author Jalmari Finne, freely adapted the story of Kiesus's miraculous birth to Marjatta from Runo L of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic. Although Sibelius initially worked on the oratorio with alacrity, he soon soured on the project, perha
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Abandoned oratorio by Jean Sibelius
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjatta_(Sibelius)
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2024-03-15T08:07:26Z
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