Rautavaara's Journey in Music

Einojuhani Rautavaara was a Finnish composer who created eleven operas, eight symphonies, eleven concertos, choral works, secular choral works, chamber music, vocal solos, and keyboard works. His Journey in Music is divided into two sections, with the first focusing on his style changes and the second providing detailed information about his works.

Format: Hardback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) is widely regarded as Finland's most celebrated musical export after Sibelius. His prolific output includes eleven operas, eight symphonies, eleven concertos, choral works for various religious denominations, secular choral works, chamber music, vocal solos, and keyboard works. Many of these works were commissioned by renowned performers and ensembles, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Richard Stoltzman, Hilary Hahn, Anne Akiko Meiers, Gerald Finley, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Juilliard School of Music Orchestra. Among his most frequently performed compositions are Cantus Arcticus, a concerto for recorded arctic birds and orchestra, Angel of Light, his seventh symphony, and the Lorca choral suite depicting Death as a stalker in a Spanish village. Rautavaara's Journey in Music is divided into two sections. The first section provides a biography and an exploration of his diverse musical styles, ranging from neoclassical to twelve-tone and neoromantic, culminating in a personal expressive style that blends elements of twelve-tone and tonality. The second section categorizes his works by genre and offers more detailed information on stylistic analysis, libretto, provenance, and reception.

Weight: 621g
Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538172339