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from the Kalevala
Program at Saima Park 02/24/2018
Presented by Kirsti Gamage
(Sung) “Olipa impi, ilman
tyttö
Kave, Luonnotar korea....”
“She, the virgin of the air,
Luonnotar, the daughter of nature....”
Growing up I heard those words and that music
countless times. They comprise the opening
phrase of Sibelius’s tone poem for soprano and
orchestra entitled “Luonnotar,” which he wrote
in 1913. The text is from the first part of
the Kalevala; and like
mythological tales from numerous
cultures around the world, it begins with the
creation of the world, invoking Luonnotar, the
Spirit of Nature and Mother of the Seas.
Today I will share with you my family’s
connection to Sibelius’s tone poem
“Luonnotar”, to the Finnish-American
community, and to the spirit of Nature
that we Finns cherish.
I’d like to start with telling you about the
first time my mother met Jean Sibelius. It was
1955 and she was a soloist at the Sibelius
Festival in Helsinki, along with Jussi
Björling and Kirsten Flagstad. more
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"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
has decided to award the Sveriges
Riksbanks Prize in Economic
Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 to
OLIVER HART
Born 1948 in London, UK.
Ph.D.1974 from Princeton University, NJ,USA.
Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics
at
Harvard University,Cambridge, MA, USA.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/hart/home
BENGT HOLMSTRÖM
Born 1949 in Helsinki,
Finland.
Ph.D. 1978 from Stanford University,
CA,USA.
Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics and
Professor
of Economics and Management at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/bengt
for their contributions to contract
theory"
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2016/popular-economicsciences2016.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2016/10/12/497637786/nobel-prize-winners-demonstrate-importance-of-contracts
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Follow the following link to browse
through the story by a former editor of
RAIVAAJA:
The
Story
of A Cooperative by Savele Syrjala
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An Early Photo of
20th Century Home of
RAIVAAJA Publishing Company &
Workers
Credit Union
48
Wallace Avenue
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Links to more RAIVAAJA history:
Follow
the links below to download & read
the 1915 book
RAIVAAJA
KYMMENEN VUOTTA
Sow
the Golden Seed
by John Ilmari Kolehmainen, ,
Published by Raivaaja (1955)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015001980005;view=1up;seq=8
RAIVAAJA 50 VUOTTA (1955)
migrationinstitute.fi/files/pdf/suomenkieliset_historialliset_julkaisut/raivaaja_50_vuotta_1955.pdf
Or a copy of the 1915
Raivaaja Publishing Company
Kalenteri
Your
ad
could be here and on
any of the
RAIVAAJA
web pages!
Call 1-978-343-3822 or email
raivaaja@net1plus.com
RAIVAAJA Bookstore
The RAIVAAJA
Bookstore is in operation and a
continuing source of revenue. Any support
through purchase of books and CD's will be
promptly filled with our thanks for your continuing
support.
Be
sure to browse through the
RAIVAAJA Bookstore
on
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We specialize in Finnish
and Finnish American
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Go the Raivaaja
Bookstore on line
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Raivaaja Kalenteri
(Calendar)
Marita, our
editor, continues to compile the Kalenteri
and we will publish it on this web site.
Please send in your upcoming events to
raivaaja@net1plus.com and we will include them on
our Kalenteri web page which may be accessed by
this link:
RAIVAAJA
Kalenteri Page
Follow these
links to see upcoming events in:
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Former Cooperative Society Store on
Main Street in Fitchburg at the present
Location of Workers Credit Union
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