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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)

Notable Works:: “Finlandia”; “Kullervo Symphony”; “Symphony No. 3 in C Major”; “Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82”

Movement / Style:: Romanticism; nationalistic music

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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)

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