The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River
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The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River (in Swedish: Islossningen i Uleå älv; in Finnish: Jäänlähtö Oulujoesta), Op. 30, is a composition by Jean Sibelius, an "improvisation for narrator, men's chorus and orchestra". Sibelius composed it in 1899 on a poem by Zachris Topelius, a Swedish-language Finnish poet, who had dedicated it to Tsar Alexander II of Russia, thus escaping censorship. The piece was an "explicit protest composition" against a Russia restricting the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Sibelius wrote it for a lottery of the Savonian-Karelian Students' Association, where he conducted the first performance on 21 October 1899.
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Melodrama by Jean Sibelius | |
Native name | Islossningen i Uleå älv |
Opus | 30 |
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Language | Swedish |
Composed | 1899 (1899) |
Duration | 12 mins.[1] |
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Date | 21 October 1899 (1899-10-21)[2] |
Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
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