Rakastava

*Rakastava*
Rakastava
Choral composition by Jean Sibelius
Composed	1894 (men's chorus); 1894 (men's chorus and string orchestra); 1898 (mixed chorus);
Movements	4
Scoring	men's chorus (1894); men's chorus and string orchestra (1894); mixed chorus (1898);

*Rakastava*
Rakastava
Suite by Jean Sibelius
	The composer in 1913
Opus	14
Composed	1912
Movements	3
Scoring	string orchestra; percussion; triangle;

Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14, is a suite by Jean Sibelius. He completed it in 1912, scored for string orchestra, percussion and triangle. He based it on his earlier composition of the same title, a song cycle of four movements for men's chorus a cappella completed in 1894. The works are based on a Finnish text in Book 1 of the Kanteletar.