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Male voices with/without accomp. SKU: BR.CHB-5370 Urtext based on the Complete Edition “Jean Sibelius Works” (JSW). Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Sakari Ylivuori. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Song; Early modern; Late-romantic. Sheet Music. 4 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5370. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5370). ISBN 9790004413005. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. Latin. In 1896, Sibelius wrote Hymn (Op. 21), also known by its initial words Natus in curas, for the unveiling of the sepulchral monument of Josef Pippingskold (1825-1892), professor of obstetrics at the Imperial Alexander University in Finland (presently the University of Helsinki). The Latin text for Hymn was written for the occasion by Fridolf Gustafsson (1853-1924), professor of Roman literature at the University. Sibelius worked as acting music teacher at the University at the time, and as part of his duties at the ceremony he conducted a small ensemble consisting of singers from the male choirs Akademiska Sangforeningen and Muntra Musikanter. According to the report in Hufvudstadsbladet on the following day, "the simple unveiling ceremony was given a particularly impressive ending by a hymn composed for the ceremony by Jean Sibelius in an old Italian style." The work was included in a choral collection published in 1899, for which Sibelius made small revisions, mostly by interchanging the inner-voices in some passages and reworking the ending by extending the last phrase. This version was published in the Complete Edition on which the current practical edition is based.