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*Death*
Death
Theatre score & associated works by Jean Sibelius
	The composer (c. 1902)
Native name	Kuolema
Catalogue	JS 113 (score)
Opus	44 (two excerpted concert pieces); 62 (two additions to score);
Text	Kuolema by Arvid Järnefelt
Composed	1903 (score), arr. 1904 (Op. 44), rev. 1906–1911 (Op. 62 additions)
Duration	Approx. mins.
Premiere
Date	2 December 1903
Location	Finnish National Theatre; Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland;
Conductor	Jean Sibelius
Performers	Helsinki Philharmonic Society

Death (in Finnish: Kuolema), JS 113, is a theatre score originally comprising six numbers written in 1903 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Associated works are Valse triste (Op. 44/1) and Scene with Cranes (Kurkikohtaus, Op. 44/2), as well as Canzonetta (Op. 62b) and Valse romantique (Op. 62b)

Sibelius excerpted and revised the score to produce two concert pieces for orchestra: in 1904, No. 1—Tempo di valse lente – Poco risoluto—as Valse triste (Op. 44/1); and in 1906, the outer sections of No. 3 (Moderato assai and Poco adagio) with No. 4—Andante—as Scene with Cranes (Op. 44/2). In 1904, he also transcribed Valse triste for solo piano.

Finally, for a 1911 production of the play, he wrote two new numbers for a revised version of Järnefelt's play: Canzonetta (Op. 62/1)—originally titled Rondo der Liebenden (Rondo of the Lovers) and written in 1906—and Valse romantique (Op. 62/1)—originally titled Vals-intermezzo.

The Finnish baritone Abraham Ojanperä and the Finnish soprano Hanna Granfelt, respectively, sang Paavali's Song and Elsa's Song (each in Act II) at the 1903 premiere.

Structure and roles[edit]

Death is in three acts, comprising five tableaux. It features two vocal soloists and two songs. A typical performance lasts about ?? minutes.

Roles	Appearances	Premiere cast (2 December 1903)^[1]
Paavali's mother	Act I	Katri Rautio [fi]
Paavali (young)	Act I	Olga Leino [fi]
Paavali (adult)	Acts II and III	Knut Weckman [fi] (albeit with song sung by Ojanperä)
Witch	Act II	Mimmi Lähteenoja [fi]
Elsa	Acts II and III	Hanna Granfelt
Stranger	?	Benjamin Leino [fi]

^ Päivälehti, No. 280 1903, p. 3.

[FOOTNOTE''Päivälehti'',_No.&nbsp;28019033-1] Päivälehti, No. 280 1903, p. 3.

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