Mitä tuosta, jos ma laulan
Language: Finnish (Suomi)
Mitä tuosta, jos ma laulan, tahi tuosta, jos ma tanssin, ei tuota kyty kysele, eikä appi arvaele, nato ei naisille sanele, anoppi kylän akoille; ky'yn kytken kynnykselle, naon naittelen kylälle, anopin susille syötän, apen karhuille apatan.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Mitä tuosta, jos ma laulan", appears in Kanteletar, in II: Toinen kirja, no. 7 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Mitä tuosta, jos ma laulan", op. 100 no. 36 [ voice and piano ], from Kanteletar-Lauluja, no. 36 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "Mitä tuosta, jos ma laulan", op. 13 (Sekakuorolauluja = Songs for Mixed Choir) no. 5 (1912), published 1912, first performed 1915 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], arranged for women's chorus by Toivo Saarenpää in 1926 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-22
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