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1. Finlandia and Other Tone Poems in Full Score by Jean Sibelius | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(1991-02-01)
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2. Sibelius (Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers) by David Burnett James | |
Hardcover: 112
Pages
(1989-02)
Isbn: 0711910618 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Jean Sibelius/Kalevala: the connection. |
3. Great Twentieth-Century Violin Concertos in Full Score by Jean Sibelius, Francis A. Davis | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(1995-07-06)
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A Great Presentation of Great 20th Century Violin Concertos |
4. Jean Sibelius (20th Century Composers) by Guy Rickards | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2008-04-23)
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A Well-Written Biography of Jean Sibelius!!!
good life-and-works biog.
"Inner Logic" And yet it subtly brings to light the essentially "natural" genius that is Sibelius.Rickards does not talk so much about his music (which to the reader unfamiliar with it, would perhaps be a flaw), but writes 'around' them, showing the reader the overall environment which surrounds Sibelius and his works.The result is often like a sudden realization of something you already know.I was for example stirred by his account of Sibelius's struggle with the premiere of the Kullervo Symphony, of how the 32-year old composer employed the "sheer force of his will" to unify the multi-cultural group that was to perform it.Somehow you can hear this in the music.In fact, Rickards, as in his careful account of Sibelius's long struggle with the 5th Symphony, makes you want to hear the music again. Rickards's selection of quotations with regards to Sibelius's compositional aesthetics really hit home.On the 'title'-page of Chapter 6, aptly titled "The Forging of Thor's Hammer" (a reference to the 5th Symphony's 'Swan Hymn'), the following quotation is printed: "My symphonies were a terrible struggle. But now they are as they must be." Sibelius's pursuit of organic unity, of "inner logic" is unobtrusively taught to the reader.There are powerful descriptions of Sibelius's kinship with nature. Sibelius recounted that at the moment he finished the final version of the 5th Symphony (which he revised four times in four years), twelve white swans settled on the lake (outside his house), and then circled the house three times before flying off - spine-tingling stuff. Again, my impression is that Rickards lets this demonstrate itself. In the same way, Sibelius's music demonstrates its material itself.Like the composer, the author of this book recognizes himself as a middleman. Sibelius considered himself the composer of a jigsaw puzzle that dropped from heaven. He only (re)constructed that which already existed.Likewise, Rickards is a faithful deliverer of Sibelius's life, not seeming to do more than the pieces demanded.Both are therefore the artist who allows the art to speak for itself. Like this inner logic, I found myself connecting the things Rickards writes about. He makes a number of attempts to 'defend' Sibelius's rather strange habit of composing salon pieces next to symphonic masterpieces.One of these is the key quote regarding the 6th Symphony, that each symphony is a "phase in one's inner life." In this, the inevitability of change (as excruciatingly shown via the composer's intense self-criticism and rampant revision of his works) and the recognition of 'permanency' ("phase") is somehow explained. It's so difficult to explain.Suffice to say, I've always known this quote.But after reading this book, I finally understood what it meant, and yet I am unable to explain it.Not surprisingly, this is the same with nature and Sibelius's music.Things you "understand" but cannot explain. And so, it was with genuine pleasure and high spirits that I read the 2nd last sentence of the Epilogue: "His music survived the vicissitudes of fashion across a century and has still been found to contain within it the seeds for the future..." Something which I have always told my friends. It is something which I seem to know, to feel; in saying this, Rickards, whom I do not know, echoes my sentiments, and makes me feel that thing which I have always felt when conversing with my fellow Sibelius-supporters: natural, unspoken kinship of the type in which we don't often realize we share. And isn't that none other than kinship with Mother Nature? CHIA Han-Leon, |
5. Jean Sibelius - His Life And Personality by Karl Ekman | |
Hardcover: 360
Pages
(2008-11-04)
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6. Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland by Glenda Dawn Goss | |
Hardcover: 549
Pages
(2009-12-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description One of the twentieth century’s greatest composers, Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) virtually stopped writing music during the last thirty years of his life. Recasting his mysterious musical silence and his undeniably influential life against the backdrop of Finland’s national awakening, Sibelius will be the definitive biography of this creative legend for many years to come. Glenda Dawn Goss begins her sweeping narrative in the Finland of Sibelius’s youth, which remained under Russian control for the first five decades of his life. Focusing on previously unexamined events, Goss explores the composer’s formative experiences as a Russian subject and a member of the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority. She goes on to trace Sibelius’s relationships with his creative contemporaries, with whom he worked to usher in a golden age of music and art that would endow Finns with a sense of pride in their heritage and encourage their hopes for the possibilities of nationhood. Skillfully evoking this artistic climate—in which Sibelius emerged as a leader—Goss creates a dazzling portrait of the painting, sculpture, literature, and music it inspired. To solve the deepest riddles of Sibelius’s life, work, and enigmatic silence, Goss contends, we must understand the awakening in which he played so great a role. Situating this national creative tide in the context of Nordic and European cultural currents, Sibelius dramatically deepens our knowledge of a misunderstood musical giant and an important chapter in the intellectual history of Europe. Customer Reviews (1)
A masterpiece of musicology and cultural history |
7. Sibelius Orchestral Works: An Owner's Manual (Unlocking the Masters) by Hurwitz David | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2007-03-01)
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Not ideal for those looking for a more abstract introduction, but perhaps useful for people brought up on Romanticism
A Must-have Book for Sibelians!!!
An in-depth, at times modestly technical analysis
Gigantic Book for a Tiny Market
Must have for teachers/students |
8. Jean Sibelius: Webster's Timeline History, 1847 - 2007 by Icon Group International | |
Paperback: 30
Pages
(2010-03-10)
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9. The Jean Sibelius musical manuscripts at Helsinki University Library: A complete catalogue = Die Musikhandschriften von Jean Sibelius in der Universitatsbibliothek ... Helsinki : ein vollstandiges Verzeichnis by Helsingin yliopisto | |
Hardcover: 487
Pages
(1991)
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10. Der Unpolitische Komponist ALS Politikum: Die Rezeption Von Jean Sibelius Im NS-Staat (European university studies. Series XXXVI, Musicology) (German Edition) by Ruth-Maria Gleibner, Ruth-Maria Gleissner | |
Hardcover: 551
Pages
(2002-01)
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11. Jean Sibelius by Rosa Harriet Jeaffreson Newmarch | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(2001-01)
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12. Jean Sibelius: A Guide to Research (Composer Resource Manuals) by Glenda Dawn Goss | |
Hardcover: 328
Pages
(1997-10-01)
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13. Music of Jean Sibelius (The great composers series) by Burnett James | |
Paperback: 174
Pages
(1983-06)
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14. Jean Sibelius by Karl Ekman | |
Hardcover: 336
Pages
(2008-11-04)
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15. Jean Sibelius (1917) (German Edition) by Walter Niemann | |
Hardcover: 74
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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16. Jean Sibelius And Olin Downes: Music, Friendship, Criticism by Glenda Dawn Goss | |
Hardcover: 320
Pages
(1994-12-08)
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17. Jean Sibelius, an International Bibliography on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebrations 1965 by Fred Bllum | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1965)
Asin: B003OWE4CG Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
18. Jean Sibelius by Harold Edgar Johnson | |
Hardcover: 287
Pages
(1978-07-11)
list price: US$36.95 Isbn: 0313204705 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. Jean Sibelius by Nils-Eric Ringbom | |
Hardcover: 196
Pages
(1977-06)
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20. Sibelius and His World by Robert Layton | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1970-08-28)
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