Talk:Aino (Kajanus)

Created page, but a few needs remain
Without being able to read Finnish and Swedish, this is as good as I can do on the topic of Kajanus's Aino. However, a few needs remain, and I thought it would be useful to document them here: Best ~ Silence of Järvenpää (talk) 16:45, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) The article cites seven newspaper articles from the free digital archives of the National Library of Finland. Happily, these resurrect performances that have otherwise been lost, at least in the English-language sources. Each, however, is in Swedish, and so I had to use Google Translate. It would be wonderful if a native-speaker of Swedish could double-check my work.
 * 2) The score (looks to be the autograph manuscript, as it has Kajanus's signature at the top) is available via Music Finland. However, the scan cuts off the instrument names on the left side, and it is thus difficult to verify Music Finland's orchestration listing of: "2222 4230 11 1, str, chm". This would seem to be incorrect, as the score does clearly say "tuba" (so, at least 2222 4231 11 1, str, chm). I also was unable to determine the percussion instruments. One of the newspaper articles (see point 1) also appears to reference English horn.
 * 3) The English-language sources do not contain information on Kajanus's compositional process, a major omission. If this information exists, it's likely to be found in the Finnish-language biography of Kajanus: Vainio, Matti: Nouskaa aatteet! – Robert Kajanus. WSOY, 2002. I do not have access to a copy.
 * 4) I was unable to obtain the CD liner notes to Ondine's ODE 992–2; it would be interesting to see what information (if any) it contains about Aino, as this marked the symphonic poem's world premiere studio recording.