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By Mark Puente
Collection Overview
Title: Jeffrey Sandborg Collection of Yrjo Kilpinen Music, circa 1918-2000
ID: 26/20/147
Primary Creator: Sandborg, Jeffrey Richard
Other Creators: Kilpinen, Yrjo (1892-1959)
Extent: 5.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in 6 series: Series 1) Published Music, Piano and Vocal Scores, ca. 1918-2000; Series 2) Facsimilies of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945; Series 3) Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998; Series 4) Photographs, ca. 1920-1953; Series 5) Published music, ca. 1930-1975; and Series 6) Recordings, ca. 1959-1987. Materials in each series are unarranged.
Subjects: Berlin, Germany, Composers, Compositions-Music, Music, Music -- Finland, National Socialism, Songs, Vocal music, World War II
Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Photocopies, Photographs, Sheet music, Sound Recordings
Languages: German, Swedish, Finnish
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of published scores, manuscripts (originals and facsimiles), newspaper and journal articles, concert programs, photographs, phonograph and reel-to-reel recordings, and other materials related to the life and works of 20th-century Finnish Lieder composer Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959). Of note are unpublished scores and manuscripts, as well as academic papers on the life and compositional output of the composer by Dr. Jeffrey Sandborg.
Biographical Note
Dr. Sandborg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College (Illinois), and a Master of Music degree in Voice and the D.M.A. in Choral Conducting and Literature from the University of Illinois. He was the Naomi Brandon and George Emery Wade Professor of Music in the Department of Fine Arts at Roanoke College, where he directed the Roanoke College Choir from 1985 until his retirement in 2023. Sandborg was the founder of the Oriana Singers at Roanoke, a group that he directed for fourteen years. During his time at Roanoke he also conducted the Roanoke Valley Choral Society. Sandborg is the author of "English Ways: Conversations with English Choral Conductors" published by Hinshaw Music in 2001.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Acquisition received September 29, 2010.
Research files and articles received from Sandborg August 22, 2024.
Related Publications:
Sandborg, Jeffrey. "The Lost Legacy of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1892-1959" in Journal of Singing 67.4 (March/April 2011): 387-395.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Published Music Piano/Vocal Scores, ca. 1918-2000],
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Series 2: Facsimiles of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945],
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Series 3: Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998],
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Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1920-1953],
[Series 5: Published Music, ca. 1930-1975],
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Series 6: Recordings, ca. 1959-1987],
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- Series 5: Published Music, ca. 1930-1975
- Consists of published music by Kilpinen. Materials are unarranged.
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Den Första Gång Jag Såg Dig (for Sång och piano), 1930
- Stockholm: Edition Sylvain. Composer: Birger Gjöberg
- Folder 2: Sju Röda Stunder - Sång och piano, 1974
- Helsinki: Fazar. Composer: Leif Segerstam
- Folder 3: Kolme laulua-Laulu ja piano, 1975
- Helsinki: Fazar (2 copies). Composer: Bengt Johansson. Poet: Ezra Pound. Item 1: The Tree - Puu; Item 2: De Aegypto - Egyptiläinen; Item 3: Ite - Menkää
- Folder 4: Med Dig, Op. 45 - fyra kärlekssånger, 1963
- Helsinki: Westerlund. Composer: Erik Bergman. Item 1: Morgon. Poet: Bertil Malmberg. Item 2: Månvaka. Poet: Erik Lindorm. Item 3: Dina ögon äro så bara. Poet: Pär Laferqvist. Item 4: Du är min själs uppståndelse. Poet: Karin Boye
- Folder 5: Neljä laulua unesta - laulu ja piano, 1977
- Helsinki:Fazar. Composer: Aulis Sallinen. Poet: Paavo Haavikko. Item 1: Unesta tehty mies; Item 2: Kehtolaulu kuolleelle ratsumiehelle; Item 3: On kolme unta sisäkkäin; Item 4: Ei mikään virta
- Folder 6: Funf Sonette an Orpheus, Op. 9 - Gesang und klavier, 1969
- Helsinki: Fazar; Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara; Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Folder 7: Three Sonnets of Shakespeare, Op. 14 for song and piano, 1973
- Helsinki: Fazar. Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara. Poet: William Shakespeare. Item: LXXIII; Item 2: XII; Item 3: XVIII
- Folder 8: Schien und sein - Gedichten von Wilhelm Busch, 1967
- Helsinki: Westerlund. Composer: Eero Sipilä. Poet: Wilhem Busch. Item 1: Schein und Sein; Item 2: Leider; Item 3: Doppelte Freude; Item 4: Gluckspilz; Item 5: Verfruht; Item 6: Der stern; Item 7: Woher, wohin
- Folder 9: Kuoleman joutsen, Op. 21, undated
- Helsinki: Fazar. Composer: Tauno Pylkkänen. Poet: Aino Kallas. Item 1: Kuoleman joutsen; Item 2: Pastorale; Item 3: Viimeinen kehtolaulu; Item 4: Taivainen rekiretki; Item 5: Joutsenlaulu
- Folder 10: Visioner - Näkjä, Op. 63, 1975
- Helsinki: Fazar. Composer: Tauno Pylkkänen
- Folder 11: Yksinlauluja - Solosånger, 1959
- Composer: Fredrik Pacius
- Folder 12: Ainon aaria koivulle - oopperasta "Aino"
- Composer: Erkki Melartin
- Folder 13: Samlade Visor - Kootut yksinlaulut (collected songs)
- Composer: Thomas Byström
- Folder 14: Sonntag / Titania / En drömmares sång till livet
- Composer: Armas Järnefelt
- Folder 15: 3 yksinlaulau pianosäestyksin, op. 3, 1935-1939
- Composer: Einari Marvia
- Folder 16: Hämäläistä Kansanlauau, Op. 30
- Composer: Ilmari Hannikainen
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Series 1: Published Music Piano/Vocal Scores, ca. 1918-2000],
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Series 2: Facsimiles of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945],
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Series 3: Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998],
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Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1920-1953],
[Series 5: Published Music, ca. 1930-1975],
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Series 6: Recordings, ca. 1959-1987],
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