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M A R I A S I M O I N T Y T Ä R (Maria Simointyt​ä​r, 1683) feat. AGF

from Kuuntele by AGF & Various

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The first printed text of a poetess is called "An orphan child's lament", and was published in 1683 in a broad sheet collection called Six New Religious Psalms. There is no author's name; in those times especially, a female writer had to hide herself behind an acrostic. In this way, the name Maria Simointytär (Simon's daughter) comes through every strophe's
first letter, which AGF picked up here and built her piece around - the first words of each verse spells out the name of the writer.
Christina Regina had hidden her gender in the same way. The fact that Maria does not have a surname shows that she belonged to populus vulgus, the mean people, not nobles. Normally peasants and other ordinary people were illiterate. It is enigmatic, how a woman
from the people could have achieved enough skill to write such a masterpiece as the poem is. It is also a political text, a marvelous vindication of justice. Its tendency is democratic as it defends the poor and oppressed. It was published in the same year as the lament of the
priest and university scholar Johan Cajanus, which has been seen as the top of Finnish speaking poetry so far. Maria's poem stands equivocal with it, or even a bit elevated in the sense of achievement.

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from Kuuntele, track released November 15, 2013
music by AGF

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audio sculptress performing as AGF, poetess and new media artist Antye Greie-Ripatti utilises language, sound, politics & explores speech within the audible depths of anti-rhythmic post-internet assemblages @poemproducer *

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