Academic cantatas (Sibelius)

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894
Cantata by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1892, by Eero Jaernefelt
Catalogue	JS 105
Text	by Kasimir Lönnbohm
Language	Finnish
Composed	1894 (1894)
Scoring	soprano baritone mixed chorus orchestra

Academic cantatas are two cantatas for university graduation ceremonies by Jean Sibelius. He composed a Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894, and a Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897, both scored for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra. One movement of the 1894 work was published as Juhlamarssi. Only the vocal score of the 1897 work survived, published as Nine Songs for Chorus, Op. 23.

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894[]

Sibelius composed the cantata, JS 105, setting a text by Kasimir Lönnbohm (or Leino), in the spring of 1894. His homophonic composition remained unpublished, only a march movement was published as Juhlamarssi.^[1]

Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897[]

Sibelius based a second cantata for graduation ceremonies, JS 106, based on words by A. V. Forsman. Only the vocal score of the work survived. The movements were published as a collection of songs, Nine Songs for Chorus, Op. 23.^[2]

Songs[]

Nine songs from the Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1897 were published for mixed choir:

1. Me nuoriso Suomen # Tuuli tuudittele # Oi toivo, toivo sä lietomieli # Montapa elon merellä # Sammuva sainio maan # Soi kiitokseksi Luojan / No. 6b Tuule, tuuli, leppeämmin # Oi lempi, sun valtas ääretön on

   (O love)

2. Kuin virta vuolas # Oi kallis Suomi, äiti verraton

   (O precious Finland)

Literature[]

• Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

References[]

External links[]

• 9 Songs for Chorus, Op.23: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project