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Jean Sibelius

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Died: 1957

Nationality: Finnish

J e a n S i b e l i u s m u s i c p l a y s a v e r y c o n s i d e r a b l e r o l e i n t h e f o r m u l a t i o n o f t h e F i n n i s hn a tio n a l id e n tity. Eve n to d a y, a lmo st 6 0 ye a rs a fte r h is d e a th , Sib e liu s is a n a tio n a li c o n .

Sib e liu s se ve n symp h o n ie s fo rm th e b a ckb o n e o f h is o e u vre . As with Be e th o ve n ,th ro u g h th e symp h o n ie s o n e ca n o b se rve a co n tin u o u s d e ve lo p me n t o f a p e rso n a lstyle .

Alo n g si d e th e se ve n symp h o n ie s, th e Vio li n Co n ce rto in D min o r, a n u mb e r o f to n e -p o e m s b a s e d o n t h e F i n n i s h n a t i o n a l e p i c t h e Kalevala, a n d th e th e a tre mu sic h a vea q u i t e c e n t r a l p o s i t i o n . H o w e v e r , S i b e l i u s w a s e x t r e m e l y i n d u s t r i o u s a n d i n h i sp ro d u ctio n we a lso fin d a n o p e ra , ch a mb e r mu sic, p ia n o wo rks, o cca sio n a lc o m p o s i t i o n s , 2 1 c h o r a l w o r k s a n d o v e r a h u n d r e d s o l o s o n g s .

Sib e liu s wa s a ctive a s a co mp o se r u n til th e mid d le o f th e 1 9 2 0 s. Afte r th a t th ein te rva ls b e twe e n n e w wo rks g re w e ve r lo n g e r. Mo st o f a ll, it se e ms a s if Sib e liu s,co n fro n te d with th e n e w mu sic in b o th th e in te r-wa r a n d th e p o st-wa r ye a rs, lo st th eh e a rt to co mp o se . Afte r 1 9 2 6 th e re a re o n ly a fe w wo rks fro m Sib e liu s. Hep r e s u m a b l y f i n i s h e d a n e i g h t h s y m p h o n y w h i c h h e h i m s e l f h o w e v e r l a t e r d e s t r o y e d .

Th e Ka le va la is a co lle ctio n o f o ld sa g a s, so n g s a n d myth s fro m Fin n ish myth o lo g ya s s e m b l e d a n d r e t o l d b y t h e F i n n i s h p h i l o l o g i s t E l i a s L n n r o t ( 1 8 0 2 - 1 8 8 4 ) . L n n r o tc o l l e c t e d a n d p u b l i s h e d t h e m a t e r i a l b e c a u s e h e w a s c o n c e r n e d t h a t t h e R u s s i a ns u p r e m a c y i n F i n l a n d w o u l d s t a m p o u t t h e n a t i v e o r a l n a r r a t i v e t r a d i t i o n . S i b e l i u s w o r k s b a s e d o n t h e Kalevala a r e a ne xte n sio n o f L n n ro ts wo rk. In th e 1 8 8 0 s Fin la n d w a s i n t h e m i d d l e o f a s t r u g g l e f o r n a t i o n a l i n d e p e n d e n c e . T h e c o m b i n a t i o no f myth s a n d mu sic, fo r e xa mp le in th e L e mmin k in e n Su ite o r th e ch o ra l symp h o n y Ku lle rvo , wa s me a n t to b o th a rticu la te

a n d u n ite th e Fin n ish n a tio n . Th e mu sica l mo d e ls we re to a ce rta in e xte n t Be e th o ve n a n d W a g n e r.

S i b e l i u s s t u d i e d i n b o t h V i e n n a a n d B e r l i n a n d t r a v e l l e d f r e q u e n t l y i n t h e S c a n d i n a v i a n c o u n t r i e s , E n g l a n d , G e r m a n y , F r a n c ea n d th e USA. Afte r 1 9 3 0 Sib e liu s d id n o t tra ve l a b ro a d a g a in , b u t in ste a d a ssu me d th e ro le a s th e o fficia l re p re se n ta tive o f F i n n i s h m u s i c i n F i n l a n d .

Sib e liu s a n d Ma h le r sta n d a s th e two mo st strikin g a n d h ig h ly p ro file d symp h o n ists a t th e b e g in n in g o f th e twe n tie th ce n tu ry.W h ile Ma h le r to a g re a t e xte n t e xp lo ite d su d d e n id e a s a n d co n tra stin g th e ma tic ma te ria l, Sib e liu s le t h is th e ma tic a n d mo tivicma te ria l ch a n g e slo wly a n d g ra d u a lly. Asse ssme n ts o f Sib e liu s mu sic h a ve va rie d g re a tly with time . Th e p o st-wa r a va n t-g a r d e l o o k e d d o w n a t S i b e l i u s , w h i l e a n u m b e r o f N o r d i c c o m p o s e r s , f o r e x a m p l e p e r h a p s m o s t s t r i k i n g l y t h e D a n i s h P e r Nrg rd we re a b le to lo o k b e yo n d th e fa sh io n a b le a e sth e tic cu rre n ts o f th e d a y, a n d a ckn o wle d g e d Sib e liu s a s th ep r o f o u n d l y o r i g i n a l s y m p h o n i s t h e i s .

Hjarne Fessel 2014

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