Snöfrid, Op.29 (Sibelius, Jean)

Composition Year	1900
Genre Categories	Improvisations; For narrator, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Finnish language

Performances

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Publisher. Info.	Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1929. Plate 19427-8.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Work Title	Snöfrid
Alternative. Title	Improvisation for Reciter, Chorus and Orchestra ; Schneefried = Snöfrid : improvisation für Melodrama, gem. Chor und Orchester
Composer	Sibelius, Jean
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.29
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJS 84
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1900
First Performance.	1900-10-20 Orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Robert Kajanus
First Publication.	1929
Librettist	Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895)
Language	Finnish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	Reciter, Chorus and Orchestra : 2 flutes (1 takes piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article Sibelius.fi WorldCat

Described as an "improvisation" by the composer.

Exists in a 2nd version with a different final chorus to words by Volter Kilpi, premiered in 1902.