Tapiola (literally, "Realm of Tapio"), Op. 112, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, written in 1926 on a commission from Walter Damrosch for the New York Philharmonic Society. Tapiola portrays Tapio, the animating forest spirit mentioned throughout the Kalevala. It was premiered by Damrosch on 26 December 1926.
Date of composition | 1926 |
Premiered | 1926, December 26th in New York, NY, United States |
First published | 1926, Breitkopf & Härtel |
Type | Symphonic Poem |
Catalogue | Op. 112 |
Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
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