Porin Lyseo

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Porin Lyseo (Pori Lyceum) is a school in Pori, Finland, consisting of the upper part of primary school and gymnasium. The school was founded in 1879 as the successor of 1640 established Pori Trivial School.[http://www.cedunet.fi/lyseo/index1.html Porin Lyseon lukio Homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021734/http://www.cedunet.fi/lyseo/index1.html |date=2013-12-03 }} Retrieved November 16, 2013. The main building was originally constructed 1857 by the design of architect Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.[http://www.sapoli.fi/sites/default/files/Ark_Pori.pdf Porin arkkitehtuurikartasto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219071109/http://www.sapoli.fi/sites/default/files/Ark_Pori.pdf |date=2013-12-19 }} (in Finnish). Retrieved November 16, 2013. It was expanded in 1895, the wing with art classes and gym was built 1995. The school also contains an English medium where lessons are taught in both Finnish and English.

Notable alumni

Pori Trivial School partbooks

1725 copied Pori Trivial School partbooks were found in the Pori Lyceum's library in 1908. They include polyphonic church music of the 16th and 17th century by composers like Melchior Vulpius, Gallus Dressler, Jacobus Gallus, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Hans Leo Hassler and Daniel Friderici.[http://www.sonusborealis.fi/levyt/musiikkia-porin-triviaalikoulun-nuottikirjoista/ Musiikkia Porin Triviaalikoulun nuottikirjasta] Sonus Borealis Official Homepage (in Finnish). Retrieved November 16, 2013. Music of the books was recorded in 2008 by early music group Sonus Borealis.[http://www.last.fm/music/Sonus+Borealis/Musiikkia+Porin+Triviaalikoulun+nuottikirjoista Musiikkia Porin Triviaalikoulun nuottikirjoista – Music from the partbooks of Pori trivial school] Last.fm. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

1918 massacre

During the 1918 Finnish Civil War 11 members of White Guards were shot at the Pori Lyceum schoolyard by Red Guard soldiers. The execution was led by Jan Tuckman who was an Estonian seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy.

Images

File: Porin triviaalikoulun nuottikirjat, Discantus, Melchior Vulpius Matteus-Passio.jpg|Pori Trivial School Diacantus partbooks, St Matthew Passion by Melchior Vulpius

File: Pori Lyceum Memorial.JPG|Memorial of 1918 massacre

References