Author: Jean SibeliusPublisher:
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Category : Piano quintets
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Quintet in G minor for piano and string quartet, 1889-90
Author: Jean SibeliusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Piano quintets
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Jean Sibelius
Author: Guy RickardsPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This is the first single volume biography on the Finn Jean Sibelius, published in English to be published in nearly a decade. Sibelius is the most prominent and popular composer to have emerged from Northern Europe.
The Gramophone Classical Catalogue
Author: The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians
Author: Oscar ThompsonPublisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 2506
Book Description
Sibelius and Nielsen
Author: Robert Wilfred Levick SimpsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Nineteenth-Century Music
Author: Bennett ZonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351556304
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This selection of essays represents a wide cross-section of the papers given at the Tenth International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music held at the University of Bristol in 1998. Sections include thematic groupings of work on musical meaning, Wagner, Liszt, musical culture in France, music and nation, and women and music.
European Music Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
R.E.D. Classical Catalogue
Author: NU Quarter Notes
Author: Sibelius
Author: Robert LaytonPublisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When the New York Philharmonic's radio audience was polled in 1935, the most popular composer was Jean Sibelius, whose music held a unique fascination for listeners of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Having passed through a period of coolness on the part of the musical establishment, in the 1990s Sibelius's music again enjoys widespread critical appreciation, along with greater exposure than ever before in concert programs worldwide. Meanwhile, our knowledge of the man and the sources of his music has expanded and deepened. It is this new awareness that the author has distilled into this thoroughly revised edition of his groundbreaking biography. More clearly than ever, Sibelius emerges as an artist who drew inspiration from two crucial sources: nature and mythology. He belonged to a generation of composers who could still use music to capture an emotional response to landscape, weather, the natural rhythms of the world. Even more central to his creativity was his involvement with Finnish myth, as codified in the national epic poem, the Kalevala. This haunting world of warriors and enchantments provided Sibelius with the program for a series of memorable symphonic poems, from the poignant Swan of Tuonela to the majestic Tapiola. His artistic development was intertwined with his use of mythology to an extent unparalleled since Wagner. Christened Johan and called Janne by his relatives and friends, Sibelius took the name Jean in imitation of a seagoing uncle who used the French form of his name when abroad. It seems an odd choice for a composer who led the least cosmopolitan of lives. He took an interest in the revolutionary new directions of twentieth-century music, but for himself he pursued the development of a personal voice in the context of the traditional symphonic idiom. And because he remained true to his inner vision, his music remains radiantly alive. This book is a revealing guide to the life and to the works. Above all, he provides illuminating analyses of the music, both tracing the formal means that Sibelius developed at each new phase of his career, and identifying the events and experiences that left an imprint on this extraordinary musical personality.