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Jean Sibelius
Finnish composer
Also known as: Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
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- Original name:
- Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
- Born:
- Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Fin.
- Died:
- Sept. 20, 1957, Järvenpää (aged 91)
- Movement / Style:
- Romanticism
- nationalistic music
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Apr. 5, 2024, 12:36 PM ET (MSN)
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Jean Sibelius (born Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Fin.—died Sept. 20, 1957, Järvenpää) was a Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. Sibelius studied at the Finnish Normal School, the first Finnish-speaking school in Russian-held Finland, where he came into contact with Finnish literature and in particular with the Kalevala, the mythological epic of Finland, which remained for him a constant source of inspiration. (Many of his symphonic poems, such as Pohjola’s Daughter [1906] and Luonnotar [1913], drew on this source.) Although intended for a legal career, he soon abandoned his law studies at Helsinki, devoting himself entirely to ...(100 of 568 words)