Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0520030141
Sibelius: 1914-1957
Erik Tawaststjerna
Sibelius 1914 1957
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Sibelius Volume III: 1914-1957
Erik Tawaststjerna
Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571287185
Sibelius Volume III: 1914-1957 by Erik Tawaststjerna Pdf
Erik Tawaststjerna embarked on his monumental and acclaimed study of Jean Sibelius's life and music in 1960 and it occupied him for over a quarter of a century. His study differs from other work on the composer in one important respect: he had unrestricted access to the composer's papers, diaries and letters as well as the advantage of numerous conversations with the composer's widow and other members of the family. Thus his researches can justifiably claim to have thrown entirely fresh light on the great Finnish composer. Far from the remote personality of the Sibelius legend, Sibelius emerges as a highly colourful figure. This third volume traces the composer's career from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, which found him poised on the brink of the Fifth Symphony, through to his death in 1957. It traces the genesis of the Fifth Symphony and gives a vivid portrait of Finland during the early years of independence and civil war. Tawaststjerna relates in fascinating detail the composer's financial plight during these years and his struggles with his own psyche. We follow his career through to the Seventh Symphony and Tapiola, and the increasingly corrosive streak of self-criticism which blighted Sibelius's last years and resulted in the destruction of the Eighth Symphony. Translated by Robert Layton, himself a Sibelius specialist, this is a compelling and insightful account of the music of one of the twentieth century's greatest composers.
Sibelius: 1904-1914
Erik Tawaststjerna
Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0052058697
Sibelius: 1904-1914 by Erik Tawaststjerna Pdf
Sibelius-v Ii
Erik Tawaststjerna
Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0520058690
Sibelius-v Ii by Erik Tawaststjerna Pdf
Sibelius Volume II: 1904-1914
Erik Tawaststjerna
Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571309443
Sibelius Volume II: 1904-1914 by Erik Tawaststjerna Pdf
Erik Tawaststjerna embarked on his monumental and acclaimed study of Jean Sibelius's life and music in 1960 and it occupied him for over a quarter of a century. His study differs from other work on the composer in one important respect: he had unrestricted access to the composer's papers, diaries and letters as well as the advantage of numerous conversations with the composer's widow and other members of the family. Thus his researches can justifiably claim to have thrown entirely fresh light on the great Finnish composer. Far from the remote personality of the Sibelius legend, Sibelius emerges as a highly colourful figure. This second volume covers the crucial period from 1904 and the beginning of the Third Symphony through to the outbreak of the First World War ten years later. During this period Sibelius began keeping a diary which, together with his letters to his wife, Aino, and to his friend, Axel Carpelan, helped the author give us a day-by-day, intimate account of the turbulent years that saw the gestation and completion of many of his finest works, culminating in the Fourth Symphony. Translated by Robert Layton, himself a Sibelius specialist, this is a compelling and insightful account of the music of one of the twentieth century's greatest composers.
The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius
Daniel M. Grimley
Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521894603
The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius by Daniel M. Grimley Pdf
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Sibelius, Vol.2, 1904 - 1914
Erik Tawaststjerna
Author : Erik Tawaststjerna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0571088333
Sibelius, Vol.2, 1904 - 1914 by Erik Tawaststjerna Pdf
Jean Sibelius
Daniel M. Grimley
Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789144666
Jean Sibelius by Daniel M. Grimley Pdf
An illuminating investigation into the interdisciplinary impact of the beloved modern classical composer. Few composers have enjoyed such critical acclaim—or longevity—as Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957 aged ninety-one. Always more than simply a Finnish national figure, an “apparition from the woods” as he ironically described himself, Sibelius’s life spanned turbulent and tumultuous events, and his work is central to the story of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century music. This book situates Sibelius within a rich interdisciplinary environment, paying attention to his relationship with architecture, literature, politics, and the visual arts. Drawing on the latest developments in Sibelius research, it is intended as an accessible and rewarding introduction for the general reader, and it also offers a fresh and provocative interpretation for those more familiar with his music.
Jean Sibelius
Tomi Mäkelä
Author : Tomi Mäkelä
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843836889
Jean Sibelius by Tomi Mäkelä Pdf
Mäkelä's study brings together German, Nordic and Anglo-American work on Sibelius, and synthesizes these various strands of Sibelius reception into a single coherent critical narrative. This acclaimed study, available in English for the first time, looks at the music of Jean Sibelius in its biographical context. Myths have surrounded Sibelius [1865-1957] and his work, for more than 100 years, often diverting attention away from his creative output. Drawing on many unpublished sources, Mäkelä's study leads us back to Sibelius as a musician and a 'poet' of universal validity. Chapters examine the composer's creativity, inspiration, influence, aspects of genre, as well as the relationship of the artist with nature and homeland. Those who knew Sibelius at an early age tell of a youthful bohemian in the midst of European decadence. This 'age of Carmen'[Eduard Munch] marked Sibelius's formative years. The composer's most important works, dating from a time between his third symphony and Tapiola, reflect the modernistic mainstream. Sibelius's last three decades, known asthe 'Silence of Ainola', have inspired the masculine clichés that this book deconstructs. Sibelius was one of the least political artists of his time who nevertheless became heavily politicized. The first supreme musical talent in the region, he gave his nation a genuine sound. Europeans of the late nineteenth century showed increasing affinity with Nordic culture. Aino, Sibelius's wife, was instrumental in creating the image of her husband as a Nordic icon. The book closely scrutinizes this popular image. In an Anglo-American artistic context his mix of regionalism and modernity remained attractive even when these elements went out of fashion in the art movement of continental Europe. Ideas of Finland and the North vastly influenced the interpretation of meaning in Sibelius's music, a music that until this day remains enigmatic.
Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto
Tina K. Ramnarine
Author : Tina K. Ramnarine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190611569
Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto by Tina K. Ramnarine Pdf
Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto is the story of Sibelius as performer and composer, of violin performing traditions, of histories of musical transmission, and of virtuosity itself. It investigates the history and legacy of one of the most recorded concertos in the violin repertoire. Sibelius, a celebrated and influential composer of the late 19th and 20th centuries, was an accomplished violinist, whose enduring interest in the instrument has been paralleled by the broad success of the only concerto in his oeuvre: his violin concerto (premiered in 1904 and revised in 1905). Considering how violinists engage with the work, author Tina K. Ramnarine discusses technology's central role in the concerto's transmission from Jascha Heifetz's seminal 1935 recording to contemporary online performances, gender issues in violin solo careers, and nature-based musical aesthetics that lead to thinking about the ecology of virtuosity in an era of environmental crisis. Beginning with Sibelius's early training as a violinist and his aspirations as a performer, Ramnarine traces the dramatic historical context of the violin concerto. It was composed as Finland underwent a period of heightened self-determination, nationalism, and protest against Russian imperial policies, and it heralded intense political dynamics relating to Europe's East-West border that have extended to the present. This story of the violin concerto points to the notion of Sibelius - and the virtuoso more generally - as a political figure.
Jean Sibelius's Legacy
Tim Howell,Anna Krohn,Veijo Murtomäki
Author : Tim Howell,Anna Krohn,Veijo Murtomäki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527500877
Jean Sibelius's Legacy by Tim Howell,Anna Krohn,Veijo Murtomäki Pdf
In 2015, at the 150th anniversary of Jean Sibelius’ birth, research about his music and personality is more active than ever. Recent discoveries about the musical, literary, artistic, political, and social life around him have decisively widened the scope of scholarly discussion. As part of the anniversary celebrations, a great number of Sibelius scholars gathered in Hämeenlinna, his birth town, for a conference leading up to his birthday on December 8. This volume draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It brings together the diverse – and sometimes even divergent – viewpoints that emerged from this international meeting. These studies cover all of the genres in Sibelius’ production: orchestral works, incidental music, piano and chamber music, and songs, including both well-known works and rarities, and even some fresh discoveries. The chapters in this book are also a welcome reminder of the manifold sources of inspiration: the music of his contemporaries, nature, literature, and visual art. The versatility of Sibelius’ output, and the richness of his creative imagination are presented here to any reader interested to learn more about the music of the Finnish master.
Jean Sibelius and His World
Daniel M. Grimley
Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400840205
Jean Sibelius and His World by Daniel M. Grimley Pdf
New perspectives on the greatest Finnish composer of all time Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). Originally hailed as a new Beethoven by much of the Anglo-Saxon world, he was also widely disparaged by critics more receptive to newer trends in music. At the height of his popular appeal, he was revered as the embodiment of Finnish nationalism and the apostle of a new musical naturalism. Yet he seemingly chose that moment to stop composing altogether, despite living for three more decades. Providing wide cultural contexts, contesting received ideas about modernism, and interrogating notions of landscape and nature, Jean Sibelius and His World sheds new light on the critical position occupied by Sibelius in the Western musical tradition. The essays in the book explore such varied themes as the impact of Russian musical traditions on Sibelius, his compositional process, Sibelius and the theater, his understanding of music as a fluid and improvised creation, his critical reception in Great Britain and America, his "late style" in the incidental music for The Tempest, and the parallel contemporary careers of Sibelius and Richard Strauss. Documents include the draft of Sibelius's 1896 lecture on folk music, selections from a roman à clef about his student circle in Berlin at the turn of the century, Theodor Adorno's brief but controversial tirade against the composer, and the newspaper debates about the Sibelius monument unveiled in Helsinki a decade after the composer's death. The contributors are Byron Adams, Leon Botstein, Philip Ross Bullock, Glenda Dawn Goss, Daniel Grimley, Jeffrey Kallberg, Tomi Mäkelä, Sarah Menin, Max Paddison, and Timo Virtanen.
Sibelius Studies
Timothy L. Jackson,Veijo Murtomäki
Author : Timothy L. Jackson,Veijo Murtomäki
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521624169
Sibelius Studies by Timothy L. Jackson,Veijo Murtomäki Pdf
This book, first published in 2001, presents a portrait of Jean Sibelius as composer and man, a figure of national and international significance, patriot, husband and father. Three introductory articles explore Sibelius's reception in Finland, performance practice and recording history, and Sibelius's aesthetic position with regard to modernity. The second group of essays examines issues of ideology, sexuality and mythology, and their relationship to musical structure and compositional genesis. Studies of the Second, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies are presented in the concluding section. Collectively, these articles address historical, theoretical and analytical issues in Sibelius's most important works. The analyses are supported by investigations of Sibelius's compositional process as documented by the manuscripts and sketches primarily in the Sibelius Collection of the Helsinki University Library. Exploring Sibelius's innovative approach to tonality, form and texture, the book delineates his unique brand of modernism, which has proven highly influential in the late twentieth century.
After Sibelius
Tim Howell
Author : Tim Howell
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754651770
After Sibelius by Tim Howell Pdf
The seemingly disproportionate creative energy from the small country of Finland defies prevalent trends in the production of classical music. Tim Howell provides an engaging investigation into Finnish music and combines elements of composer biography and
The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music
Robert Philip
Author : Robert Philip
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300120691
The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music by Robert Philip Pdf
An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, this engaging companion explores and unpacks the most frequently performed works, including symphonies, concertos, overtures, suites, and ballet scores. It offers intriguing details about each piece while avoiding technical terminology that might frustrate the non-specialist reader. Philip identifies key features in each work, as well as subtleties and surprises that await the attentive listener, and he includes enough background and biographical information to illuminate the composer's intentions. Organized alphabetically from Bach to Webern, this compendium will be indispensable for classical music enthusiasts, whether in the concert hall or enjoying recordings at home.