Rosa, Kalevala, Sibelius (and Wagner)

[Nils Lid Hjort]

Olivier asks about the use of music in Don Rosa's Kalevala story:
<<are the music bars we see throughout the story copied from some
  Kalevala-related piece of music? >>

Indeed. I had the privilege of being "special Kalevala consultant"
when the Norwegian edition (48-50/1999) was prepared. I was 
responsible for the finnougrorunometricisms, and also convinced
the editors that the many special and unusual elements of the story
warranted a separate introduction, as well as _footnotes_. 
These were given at the bottom of some of the pages, and 
were used for the first time in Norwegian Donald Duck history
(I believe). 

One of the footnotes reads: 
"The music Vaeinaemoinen plays here is from the `Finlandia'
of Jean Sibelius. This work, like the Kalevala collection, has 
a jubileum this year. It was first performed precisely a hundred  
years ago." 
	(that is, in November 1899)
	(music historians on the list also know that there 
	 are _several versions_ of the Finlandia, but that 
	 would have been to tiring for the Donald Duck readers)

Another footnote reads:
"The music played by the Pohjola Woman [I actually used "kjerring"]
here is from the march of the valkuerien, by Wagner. Don Rosa 
has actually used this musical quotation once before in a Donald Duck
story ..." 
	(where the intention was for the eager reader to 
	go to his/her bookshelves and find this other example) 

Nils Lid Hjort