The Garden of Death (Madetoja)

The Garden of Death
Piano suite by Leevi Madetoja
The composer (c. 1915–1918)
Native name	Kuoleman puutarha
Opus	41
Composed	1918 (1918), rev. 1919
Publisher	Edition Wilhelm Hansen (1921)
Duration	Approx. 14 minutes
Movements	3
Premiere
Date	19 March 1923 (1923-03-19)
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Performers	Elli Rängman-Björlin [fi]

The Garden of Death (in Finnish: Kuoleman puutarha; also known by its French title: Jardin de la mort),^[a] Op. 41, is a three-movement suite for solo piano written in 1918 (Movement I) and revised in 1919 (the addition of Movements II–III) by Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja. The suite, somber and mournful in character, is a tribute to the composer's brother, Yrjö, who as a captive during the Finnish Civil War was executed by the Red Guards. The Finnish pianist Elli Rängman-Björlin [fi] premiered the suite in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 March 1923, with Madetoja in attendance.

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