Matti Murto

The most essential characteristics of Matti Murto’s music are free-tonality, lyricism, neo-romantic expressiveness, and melodiousness based on traditional Finnish music. Murto has a strong background in music education, having worked as a teacher and as a principal in several music institutes. He is also the managing director of sheet music publishing company Modus Musiikki which he has founded in 1987.

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Title	Instrumentation	Year	Category	Duration	Available from
Aapiskaikuja	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Aapisloru	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Ariel	accodion solo, percussion, strings	1999	Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra	20:00	Modus Musiikki
Balladi ja loitsu	kantele	1989	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Chaconne ja Toccata	3acc	2002	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Concertino for violin and strings	str, vln solo	1991	Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra	14:40	Modus Musiikki
Dancing Suite	vln, acc	1992	Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	10:45	Modus Musiikki
Divertimento	vln, vlc, acc	1989	Chamber Works	05:30	Modus Musiikki
Dona eis pacem	acc	2004	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Duo huilulle ja klarinetille	fl, cl	1972	Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	00:00	Music Finland

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Title	Instrumentation	Year	Category	Duration	Available from
Aapiskaikuja	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Aapisloru	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Ariel	accodion solo, percussion, strings	1999	Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra	20:00	Modus Musiikki
Balladi ja loitsu	kantele	1989	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Chaconne ja Toccata	3acc	2002	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Concertino for violin and strings	str, vln solo	1991	Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra	14:40	Modus Musiikki
Dancing Suite	vln, acc	1992	Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	10:45	Modus Musiikki
Divertimento	vln, vlc, acc	1989	Chamber Works	05:30	Modus Musiikki
Dona eis pacem	acc	2004	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Duo huilulle ja klarinetille	fl, cl	1972	Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	00:00	Music Finland
Eriskummainen kantele	chc/chy		Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Reimers
Eriskummainen kantele	chc/chf	1983	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Fantasia per organo	org	1988	Works for Solo Instrument	06:30	Modus Musiikki
Fennica	bandoneon	2007	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00
Festive Overture	hn, 2trp, trb, tba	2017	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Joulukantaatti	mixed choir, soprano and baritone soloists, orchestra (2220/2210/2 perc., strings)	1996	Vocal and Choral Works	25:00	Modus Musiikki
Joulurukous	voc, pno/org	1996	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Joulu-uni	voc, pno/org		Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Jousikvartetto nro 1	2vln, vla, vlc	2009	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Jousitrio	vln, vla, vlc	1974	Chamber Works	10:00	Modus Musiikki
Juhlasoitto vaskille	Brass instruments	1989	Chamber Works	02:00
Kaksi kalevalaista näkyä	cl, acc	2012	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Kaksi koraalisovitusta sopraanolle ja orkesterille	soprano and orchestra	2010	Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Kaksi laulua V.A. koskenniemen runoihin		2007	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00
Kelloloru	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Kesäkuvia	pno	1995	Pedagogical Works, Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Kesäkuvia harmonikalle	acc	1995	Works for Solo Instrument	15:00	Modus Musiikki
Kolme laulua Kantelettaren runoihin	sopr+perc, acc	2014	Vocal and Choral Works	12:15	Modus Musiikki
Kolme laulua lakeuksilta V.A.Koskenniemen runoihin	voc, pno	1981	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Kolme myyttistä kuvaa	kantele, 2vln, vla, vlc	1995	Chamber Works	15:00	Modus Musiikki
Kvintetto harmonikalle ja jousikvartetille	2vln, vla, vlc, acc	2007	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Kymmenen kansanlaulusovitusta koulukuorolle	S-A-Bar.	1981	Vocal and Choral Works	21:00	Sulasol
Laulu	mixed choir	1991	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	STM-Music
Meditaatio harmonikalle	acc	1975	Works for Solo Instrument	05:00	Modus Musiikki
Miksi en laulaisi	chc/chf	1983	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Miksi en laulaisi	chc/chf	1983		00:00	Modus Musiikki
Missa choralis	chx, perc, str/org	1984	Vocal and Choral Works	20:00	Music Finland
Mitä me tytöt suremma	chc/chf	1983	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Mitä, te pojat suretta	female choir	1988	Vocal and Choral Works	05:00	STM-Music
Musiikkia Lakeuksilta		1983	Works for Wind Orchestra	11:00
Neljä joululaulusovitusta			Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Notturno	vln, pno	1984	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Oma tupa, oma lupa		1995	Vocal and Choral Works	05:00
On maa	baryt, pno	1987	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00
Oskar Merikanto: Laatokka	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Oskar Merikanto: Laulaja taivaan portilla	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Oskar Merikanto: Ma elän!	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Oskar Merikanto: Metsäkyyhkyset	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Oskar Merikanto: Soi vienosti murheeni soitto	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Partita for Accordion	acc	1998	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Partita per organo	org	2013	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Parvulus nobis nascitur	sopr, baryt, pno	1996	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Peikko Sammahammas	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Penkillä pelimannin I	accordion		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Penkillä pelimannin II	accordion		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Pianotrio	vln, vlc, pno	1988	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Pieni sarja harmonikalle	acc	1984	Pedagogical Works, Works for Solo Instrument	08:00	Modus Musiikki
Polskafantasioita jousille	str	1980	Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Polskafantasioita kahdelle harmonikalle	2acc	1982	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Quartet	fl, cl, bsn/vlc, pno	1992	Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	11:00	Association of Finnish Music Schools
Revontulet	3222 4331 12 0, str [pic]	1983	Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble	13:00	Modus Musiikki
Runoelma alttoviululle ja pianolle	vla, pno	2005	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Sarja bandoneonille ja decacordelle	decacorde, bandoneon	2011	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Soittoniekat	str [vla= 3.vl.]	1989	Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble	10:40	Modus Musiikki
Solitude	vln	1984	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Fennica Gehrman
Suomalainen sarja harmonikalle	acc	2014	Works for Solo Instrument	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Suomalainen sarja puhallinorkesterille		1986	Works for Wind Orchestra	13:00
Suomalaisia kansanloruja	chc	1979	Vocal and Choral Works	00:00	Sulasol
Täällä pohjantähden alla	accordion, violin/flute, cello		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Täällä pohjantähden alla	vln/vlc/fl, acc		Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Taas jouluaika riemuisa	children's choir or youth choir and strings		Orchestrations and Arrangements	11:40	Modus Musiikki
Taas joulu valkeneepi	female choir		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Toivo Kuula: Sinikan laulu	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Toivo Kuula: Tuijotin tulehen kauan	string orchestra		Orchestrations and Arrangements	00:00
Trio nro 2	vln, vlc, pno/acc	1999	Chamber Works	00:00	Modus Musiikki
Ultima Thule	str	1982	Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble	13:10	Modus Musiikki

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin