This Edition is a photographic reproduction of the original score published in 1925, newly revised in the light of the composer's manuscript. The films have generously been made available to us by B.Schott's Söhne who, fifty years ago, awarded Merikanto a prize for this work which he had submitted to their competition under the pseudonym "Pan". Schott's were thus one of the first to accord Merikanto the recognition that came to him only tardily in his native country