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Tuonela

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[twaw-ne-luh] / ˈtwɔ nɛ lə /

noun

Finnish Mythology.
  1. the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.


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Although one of the four movements, "The Swan of Tuonela," was a Sibelius fave, the full 45-minute score was a rarity.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2014

In San Francisco, Conductor Alfred Hertz led the first program of the San Francisco Symphony, chose Schumann's "First Symphony," Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome" for his first offerings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aside from his Valse Triste and his ringing tone-poem Finlandia, Jean Sibelius' most popular composition is a little descriptive piece called The Swan of Tuonela.

From Time Magazine Archive

Written in 1893, The Swan of Tuonela was originally part of a suite of four tone-poems illustrating the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, on which U. S. word-poet Longfellow modeled his Hiawatha.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sun came and sat upon a birch-tree near the river of Tuoni, and shone upon the Deathland, Tuonela, until all the spirits fell asleep.

From Finnish Legends for English Children by R. Eivind

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