Melartin, Erkki: Selvä mies!
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Melartin, Erkki: Selvä mies!
13,00 € incl 25.5% VAT
Title of the work | Selvä mies! |
Translation in English | The Sober man |
First words | Jopa tunsin tullessani |
Subtitle | From the publication by Laulu-Miehet Male Voice Choir 2023 |
Performance marking | Tarkotuksella - On purpose |
Year of composing | 1909 |
Number of bars | 33 |
Duration | 2:00 |
Poet / Collection | Kanteletar |
Poets years of life | 1840- |
Language | Finnish |
Division of parts | TTBB-div |
Number of voices | 4 |
Solo voices | No |
Instruments | No |
Style | Classical, Traditional |
Subject area | Drinking, Men |
1st performance | 1909 by Viipurin Lauluveikot |
Recordings | Spotify |
Product additional information
The original song, Selväksi tekeytyminen (Pretending to be Sober), from the Kanteletar, was composed in 1909 and dedicated to Viipurin Laulu-Veikot. In his pocket calendar, Melartin has noted, “I completed the male choir ‘The Sober Man’. Fun work. The composer is clearly comfortable composing the song. The rise of merriment, the deepening of drunkenness, passing out, and a quick survival implement the formula familiar from traditional comedy theater and slapstick: travel-slip-repeat-collision-joyful continuation of the journey. Hjalmar Hellström – who happened to be a pharmacist himself – sent a signed letter of thanks on behalf of Viipurin Laulu-Veikot to the composer on 12 January 1910.
Säveltäessään tekstiä Melartin vaihtoi alkuperäisen, Kantelettaresta löytyvän Selväksi tekeytyminen -runon nimeksi Selvä mies! Laulu on sävelletty 1909 ja omistettu Viipurin Laulu-Veikoille. Taskukalenteriinsa Melartin on merkinnyt: ”Tein valmiiksi mieskuoron ’Selvä mies’. Lystiä työtä.” Säveltäjä on viihtynyt laulua säveltäessään ilmeisen hyvin. Riehakkuuden nousu, juopumuksen syveneminen, sammuminen ja pikaselviäminen toteuttavat perinteisestä komediateatterista ja slapstickistä tuttua kaavaa: matka-liukastuminen-toisto-törmäys-iloinen matkan jatkaminen. Hjalmar Hellström – joka osuvasti sattui olemaan apteekkari – lähetti allekirjoittamansa kiitoskirjeen Viipurin Laulu-Veikkojen puolesta säveltäjälle 12.1.1910.
Matti Hyökki, translation Tytti Pohjola
Sources / lähteet: Poroila Heikki, 2017. Erkki Melartinin teosluettelo, Erkki Melartin Werkverzeichnis, Erkki Melartin Work Catalog. Honkakirja. ISBN 978-952-68711-3-4
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