Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu
„The Russian Modernists such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky and new Spanish music shook me up from top to toe. … It was around that time that I went to the Sorbonne to borrow a copy of the Kalevala” (Virtanen 1945: 613–614). Abovementioned sentence was said by the Finnish composer Uuno Klami (1900–1961...
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| description | „The Russian Modernists such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky and new Spanish music shook me up from top to toe. … It was around that time that I went to the Sorbonne to borrow a copy of the Kalevala” (Virtanen 1945: 613–614). Abovementioned sentence was said by the Finnish composer Uuno Klami (1900–1961), who during his studies in Paris (1924–1925) was fascinated by the music of Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev and Manuel de Falla. Inspiring by achievements of Western modernists Klami wanted to break up the tendency begun by Jean Sibelius to treat Finnish epos Kalevala only in the national romantic spirit. In 1930s Klami under the impression of The Rite of Spring’s score started composing vocal-instrumental work based on topics from Kalevala. However during working on it he changed his preliminary plans and composed a five-movement symphonic suite Kalevala-sarja op. 23 [Kalevala Suite]: Maan synty [The Creation of the Earth], Kevään oras [The Sprout of Spring], Terhenniemi, Kehtolaulu Lemminkäiselle [Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen], Sammon taonta [The Forging of the Sampo].
Kalevala-sarja started in Klami’s output searching for his personal voice and influenced on his further style. Nowadays the score is regarded as the most significant Finnish orchestral compositions from the first half of the 20th century, and very often is called The Finnish Rite of Spring. The article’s goals are: to introduce into Klami’s output, to demonstrate the genesis and inspirations of the suite Kalevala-sarja and to briefly analyse particular movements of the composition in the light of European modernistic influences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65c71c7a260d47d086aea09a9e77bf422023-12-02T14:49:55ZengMaria Curie-Sklodowska UniversityAvant2082-67102016-10-017111713410.26913/70102016.0111.0007Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmuWojciech Stępień0Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice„The Russian Modernists such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky and new Spanish music shook me up from top to toe. … It was around that time that I went to the Sorbonne to borrow a copy of the Kalevala” (Virtanen 1945: 613–614). Abovementioned sentence was said by the Finnish composer Uuno Klami (1900–1961), who during his studies in Paris (1924–1925) was fascinated by the music of Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev and Manuel de Falla. Inspiring by achievements of Western modernists Klami wanted to break up the tendency begun by Jean Sibelius to treat Finnish epos Kalevala only in the national romantic spirit. In 1930s Klami under the impression of The Rite of Spring’s score started composing vocal-instrumental work based on topics from Kalevala. However during working on it he changed his preliminary plans and composed a five-movement symphonic suite Kalevala-sarja op. 23 [Kalevala Suite]: Maan synty [The Creation of the Earth], Kevään oras [The Sprout of Spring], Terhenniemi, Kehtolaulu Lemminkäiselle [Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen], Sammon taonta [The Forging of the Sampo]. Kalevala-sarja started in Klami’s output searching for his personal voice and influenced on his further style. Nowadays the score is regarded as the most significant Finnish orchestral compositions from the first half of the 20th century, and very often is called The Finnish Rite of Spring. The article’s goals are: to introduce into Klami’s output, to demonstrate the genesis and inspirations of the suite Kalevala-sarja and to briefly analyse particular movements of the composition in the light of European modernistic influences.http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Stepien-Kalevala-sarja.pdfUuno KlamiKalevalaIgor StravinskyMaurice Raveltwentieth century Finnish music |
| spellingShingle | Wojciech Stępień Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu Avant Uuno Klami Kalevala Igor Stravinsky Maurice Ravel twentieth century Finnish music |
| title | Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| title_full | Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| title_fullStr | Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| title_short | Kalevala-sarja Uuno Klamiego jako dzieło przełomowe fińskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| title_sort | kalevala sarja uuno klamiego jako dzielo przelomowe finskiego narodowego modernizmu |
| topic | Uuno Klami Kalevala Igor Stravinsky Maurice Ravel twentieth century Finnish music |
| url | http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Stepien-Kalevala-sarja.pdf |
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