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Jean Sibelius
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I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.
— To Jussi Jalas, August 27, 1943.
Jean Sibelius
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
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Lived 1865–1957, aged 92
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Finland's seven symphonies became the sound of a nation pulling free from Russian grip. His work didn't just score the late Romantic era — it gave a country its spine.
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Born Johan Christian Julius Sibelius on 8 December 1865, he grew into the composer Finland needed when it was fending off wave after wave of Russification in the late 19th century. His seven symphonies anchored a catalog that also includes Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, the Violin Concerto, and The Swan of Tuonela — music drawn from Nordic mythology, nature, and the Finnish epic Kalevala. He composed prolifically until the mid-1920s, finishing his Seventh Symphony in 1924, incidental music for The Tempest and the tone poem Tapiola in 1926, then went quiet for three decades in what…
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Jean Sibelius
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If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.
— Henry Thomas & Dana Lee Thomas Living Biographies of Great Composers (Garden City (NY): Blue Ribbon, [1940] 1946) p. 309.
Jean Sibelius
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The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.
— To Jussi Jalas, October 1, 1939.
Jean Sibelius
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Sibelius is unquestionably a leader in the front rank of symphonic composers.
— George Bernard Shaw, in the Manchester Guardian, November 1, 1938.
Jean Sibelius
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It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.
— Bengt de Törne Sibelius: A Close-Up (London: Faber and Faber, 1937), p. 94.
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- The Complete Piano Transcriptions, Volume 21987
- The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 31987
- The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 21987
- The Complete Piano Transcriptions, Volume 11987
- The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 41987
- Mieskuorolaulut: Songs for Male Voice Choir (Complete Edition)1987
- The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 61987
- The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 51987
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