Nuijamiesten Marssi-Kuula-February 2021
OYS O F AMERICA Finnish Brass in America Series CF23 Nuijamiesten marssi Toivi Kuula AP Publishing Northfeld • Minnesota • USA Ameriikan poijat Finnish Classics Series Nuijamiesten marssi (“Club Thrower’s March”) opus 28, #4 (1912), was written by Toivo Kuula (7 July 1883, Vaasa – 18 May 1918, Viipuri) a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuula's oeuvre are his many works for voice and orchestra, in particular the Stabat mater (1914–18; completed by Madetoja), The Sea-Bathing Maidens (1910), Son of a Slave (1910), and The Maiden and the Boyar's Son (1912). In addition he also composed two Ostrobothnian Suites for orchestra and left an unfinished symphony at the time of his death in 1918. Vuorella and Soitto were in a set of original septet pieces for the KVS Society’s summer festivals. Nuijamiesten marssi, based on early Finnish history, with text by V. Koskenniemi, is originally for mixed choir and orchestra. In 1914, it was arranged for male choir a cappella for the inauguration of the "Helsinki home" of the Ostrobothnia Society (the upper floor of the Ostrobotnia Restaurant). In his opus list it is also classified with the brass septet pieces, Op 28, #4. =================== The Ameriikan poijat Finnish Classics Series presents brass band music of the era around Finnish independence, which has largely not played in more than a century. Manuscripts of his band music was found in national archives, libraries, and community band libraries from around Finland, especially Turku, Pori, Oulainen, Tampere, Mänttä, and Helsinki.
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