Madetoja, Leevi

Leevi Antti Madetoja (17.2. 1887 Oulu – 6.10. 1947 Helsinki) was a Finnish composer, conductor, writer, and teacher. He has a central position in Finnish music after Jean Sibelius as perhaps the finest late romantic of his generation.

Leevi Madetoja was born in Oulu, Finland. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki (now Sibelius Academy) and at the University of Helsinki from 1906 to 1910 with Armas Järnefelt, Erik Furuhjelm and Jean Sibelius, as well as in Paris and Vienna. Madetoja belonged to the student’s club of Ostrobothnia, in whose activities he got to know the composer Toivo Kuula, became friends with the poet Eino Leino and met his future wife, the poet L. Onerva. They were married since 1913, although Leino was for a long time the third wheel in their relationship. Madetoja died in Helsinki in 1947, aged 60.

Madetoja’s music has a clear Finnish melancholic undertone, but on the other hand it has a French-like sophistication and even elegance. In addition to choral music, he composed orchestral works (incl. 3 symphonies), 2 operas, ballet, chamber music, cantatas and solo songs. Madetoja also worked as a conductor in Vyborg, as a music critic for the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and as a music teacher at the University of Helsinki.

Nearly all of his male choir works has been written for the first Finnish speaking choir YL Male Voice Choir.

Works

Title of the work (Translation) Price

Duration Division of parts Year of composing
Poet/collection Language Style

SA choirs

4`

30``

SSAA-div

1908

/2025

Kanteletar, Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

1`

00``

SSAA

1908

/2025

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

3`

30``

SSAA-div

1913

/2025

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

SATB choirs

TB choirs

27`

00``

TTBB-div

1912

/1946

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

8`

00``

2T3B-div

1912

/1946

L. Onerva

Finnish

Classical

7`

45``

2T3B-div

1909

/1911

Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero

Finnish

Classical

13`

30``

3T2B-div

1908

/1937

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

16`

30``

TTBB-div

1914

/1917

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

1`

45``

TTBB

1946

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

1`

15``

TTBB

1908

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

6`

45``

TTBB-div

1925

Bible: Psalms

Latin

Classical, Sacred

6`

30``

TTBB-div

1928

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

1`

30``

TTBB

1919

Burns, Robert

Finnish

Classical

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1929

Petöfi, Sándor

Finnish

Classical

2`

15``

TTBB

1916

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

1`

30``

TTBB

1945

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

2`

15``

TTBB-div

1919

Burns, Robert

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB-div

1913

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

3`

45``

TTBB

1925

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

3`

15``

TTBB-div

1916

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

3`

15``

TTBB

1946

L. Onerva

Finnish

Classical

2`

30``

TTBB-div

1916

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB

1916

/1922

Gripenberg, Bertel

Finnish

Classical

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1910

/1933

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

1`

45``

TTBB-div

1911

Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB-div

1928

Ganzhorn, Wilhelm

Finnish

Classical

4`

00``

TTBB-div

1914

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB-div

1946

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

3`

15``

TTBB-div

1924

Petöfi, Sándor

Finnish

Classical

1`

30``

TTBB

1913

Koskimies (Forsman), August Valdemar

Finnish

Classical

2`

30``

TTBB

1924

/1937

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1910

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical

1`

00``

TTBB-div

1915

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

1`

30``

TTBB-div

1914

/1915

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

2T3B-div

1912

L. Onerva

Finnish

Classical

2`

15``

TTBB

1912

/1933

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

1`

30``

TTBB-div

1915

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB

1945

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

20`

00``

2T3B-div

1912

/1916

Hertzberg, Rafael, L. Onerva, Larin-Kyösti, Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

18`

00``

TTBB-div

1916

/1919

Drachmann, Holger, Eerola, Eero, Gripenberg, Bertel, Larin-Kyösti, Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

11`

00``

TTBB-div

1919

/1921

Burns, Robert, Grünfelt, Peeter, Jännes, Arvi (Genetz, Arvid), Miettinen, A. E.

Finnish

Classical

12`

00``

TTBB-div

1925

/1928

Ganzhorn, Wilhelm, Kanteletar, Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

9`

30``

TTBB-div

1924

/1929

Petöfi, Sándor

Finnish

Classical

20`

30``

3T3B-div

1908

/1914

Kanteletar, Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero, Koskimies (Forsman), August Valdemar, Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

2`

00``

TTBB-div

1913

Erkko, Juhana Heikki

Finnish

Classical

2`

30``

TTBB-div

1915

Hertzberg, Rafael

Finnish

Classical

3`

15``

TTBB-div

1924

Petöfi, Sándor

Finnish

Classical

1`

00``

TTBB

1908

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

3`

00``

2T3B

1911

Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero

Finnish

Classical

1`

45``

TTBB

1921

Miettinen, A. E.

Finnish

Classical

2`

45``

TTBB-div

1917

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

3T2B-div

1909

Kanteletar

Finnish

Classical, Traditional

3`

30``

TTBB-div

1913

Leino, Eino

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB-div

1916

Drachmann, Holger

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB

1921

Grünfelt, Peeter

Estonian

Classical

2`

45``

TTBB

1914

L. Onerva

Finnish

Classical

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1914

/1917

Korpela, Simo

Finnish

Classical, Sacred

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1917

/1933

Larin-Kyösti

Finnish

Classical

3`

45``

TTBB

1921

Jännes, Arvi (Genetz, Arvid)

Finnish

Classical

3`

00``

TTBB-div

1909

/1933

Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero

Finnish

Classical

2`

15``

TTBB-div

1919

Eerola, Eero

Finnish

Classical

2`

00``

TTBB-div

Noponen, Alpo

Finnish

Christmas

Multiple choirs

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