Finnish Composer (b. 1939). Autograph album leaf with musical quotation and signature. New York. Oblong-8vo. 1 page.
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Heikki Sarmanto (b. 1939), Finnish Composer. Autograph album leaf with musical quotation and signature. New York, May 1978. Oblong-8°. 1 page. Main Theme from his "New Hope Mass", first time performed at the Saint Peter's Church in New York N. Y. in May 1978. The album leaf with inscription "This Mass was written for Duke Ellington + John Coltrane". - The composer and pianist Heikki Sarmanto is definitely a cornerstone of Nordic jazz and also one of the most internationally known Finnish jazzmen and has been widely acclaimed for his symphonic, orchestral and jazz ensemble works, as well as numerous, distinctively personal mixture of idioms from jazz, classical and ethnic music.
His "New Hope Jazz Mass", a work for mixed choir, jazz ensemble and soprano, was commissioned for the opening of New York's Saint Peter's Church. The work was also featured at the Newport Jazz Festival..