Kuula, Toivo: Meren virsi
51,00 €
From 2nd score: 0.51 € /copy
Kuula, Toivo: Meren virsi
51,00 €
From 2nd score: 0.51 € /copy
| Title of the work | Meren virsi |
| Translation in English | Hymn of the Sea |
| First words | Minne riennät, vierivä virta? |
| Performance marking | 1/4=92 |
| Year of composing | 1909 |
| Number of bars | 165 |
| Duration | 9:30 |
| Poet / Collection | Leino, Eino |
| Poets years of life | 1878-1926 |
| Year of writing | 1908 |
| Language | Finnish |
| Division of parts | SSAATTBB-div |
| Number of voices | 8 |
| Solo voices | No |
| Instruments | No |
| Style | Classical |
| Subject area | Death, Eternity, Fear, Freedom, Humanity, Human life, Life, Sea, Soul, Stream, Edition choralworks.fi, Journey |
| 1st performance | 28.3.1910 by Suomen Laulu / Heikki Klemetti |
| Recordings | Spotify |
Product additional information
The poem, through the metaphor of the river and the sea, contemplates life’s destination, the inevitability of death, and the fate of the soul — moving from a longing for freedom to experiences of fear and letting go.