Sibelius, Jean

Period: Romantic

Born: Friday, December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland

Died: Friday, September 20, 1957 in Järvenpää, Finland

Nation of Origin: Finland

Major Works:
Orchestral:
The Swan of Tuonela; King Christian II, Op. 27 (1898) Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899)

Other Information:

General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680

Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton & Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Links to essays at other sites:

The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen

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Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music
Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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