Le cygne de tuonela jean sibelius biography
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Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland 9780226304793
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SIBELIUs
SIBELIUS ﱸﱷﱶ a composer’s life and t h e awa k e n i n g of finland
g l e n da daw n g o s s
the university of c hicago press Chicago and London
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2009 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2009. Paperback edition 2012 Printed in the United States of America 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 2 3 4 5 6 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-00547-8 (paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-00547-X (paper) This book has been supported by grants from the Finlandia Foundation National, Pasadena, California; the Lloyd Hibberd Publication Endowment of the American Musicological Society; and Svenska kulturfonden (the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goss, Glenda Dawn. Sibelius: a composer’s life and the awakening of Finland / Glenda Dawn Goss. p. cm
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Sibelius, Finlandia – Valse Triste – Le Cygne de Tionela – En Saga, Philadelphia Orchester, Eugene Ormandy
Longtime Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Eugene Ormandy (born Jenó Blau) developed what came to be known as the “Philadelphia Sound.” (He groused that it should be called the “Ormandy Sound,” even though its fundamentals had already been established during Leopold Stokowski’s long tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra.) Largely as an effort to overcome the dry acoustics of the orchestra’s home, the Academy of Music, Ormandy emphasized lush string sonorities and, often, legato phrasing and rounded tone. He was lauded even by his own musicians for his ability to conduct everything from memory, even complex contemporary scores. Still, aside from the voluptuous tone, Ormandy’s interpretations rarely bore an individual stamp. They were, however, highly polished, intelligently balanced, and well paced, always serving the
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The Swan of Tuonela
Jean Sibelius
- Seven Runeberg Songs, Op. 13 (1891–1892)
- "Serenad", JS 168 (1894–1895)
- Six Songs, Op. 36 (1899–1900)
- Five Songs, Op. 37 (1900–1902)
- Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891–1904)
- Five Songs, Op. 38 (1903–1904; includes "Höstkväll")
- Six Songs, Op. 50 (1906)
- Two Songs, Op. 35 (1908)
- "Kom idag hit, död", Op. 60/1 (1909, orch. 1957)
- "Arioso", Op. 3 (1911)
- Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (1897–1913; includes "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt")
- Six Runeberg Songs, Op. 90 (1917)