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Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Breitkopf & Hartel Catalogue)

Publisher's own catalogue and programme note, breitkopf.us, read 2026-08-19

The publisher Breitkopf & Hartel's own catalogue page for Jean Sibelius's tone poem "Luonnotar," Op. 70, for soprano and orchestra, first performed 10 September 1913. The publisher's own programme note: "Luonnotar is the last of the tone poems based directly on the Kalevala. Sibelius himself chose the text," and describes the piece as not outlining a clear plot but giving "a series of impressions, a kind of Finnish version of the creation of the world." The text sets Runo I of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnic oral pagan mythology, in which the spirit Luonnotar descends from the air and gives birth to the world.

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Publisher
Breitkopf & Hartel
URL
https://www.breitkopf.us/products/sibelius-luonnotar-op-70-breitkopf
Source Type
institutional record
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The work's own publisher, Breitkopf & Hartel, whose own catalogue programme note names the Kalevala's creation myth outright as the piece's subject.
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Elias Lonnrot, Historical Figures

This source names Elias Lonnrot directly: "Finland's national epic compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnic oral pagan mythology, in which the spirit Luonnotar descends from the air and gives birth to the world."

Source Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Breitkopf & Hartel Catalogue)
Finnish, Languages

This source names Finnish directly: ""a series of impressions, a kind of Finnish version of the creation of the world." The text sets Runo I of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnic oral pagan..."

Source Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Breitkopf & Hartel Catalogue)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Musical Works, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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