CHRONOLOGY OF FINNISH MUSIC HISTORY

APPENDIX C. CHRONOLOGY OF FINNISH MUSIC HISTORY c. 50 B.C. The runic poetry of the Kalevala tales were sung to simple melodies; since both the Estonians and Finns share the same Kalevala tales and similar melodies, it is likely that many of the tales and melodies, as well as the kantele instrument, date from this period when the two peoples were still one, migrating north into the Baltic region. c. 1100 The establishment of the Valamo Orthodox monastery introduced the Byzantine liturgy and…