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Riisager, Knudåge
1897-1974
(b Port Kunda, Estonia, 6 March 1897; d Copenhagen, 26 Dec 1974). Danish
Qarrtsiluni, op.36 <1938>
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Originally a ballet. "Qarrtsiluni" is said to be a word in the Inupiaq language, the tongue of Native Americans in the Alaska region. It means "sitting together in darkness" or "waiting for something to burst forth"; it is believed that songs are born in that silence.