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The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) wrote over 550 original works during his eight-decade artistic career. [1] This began around 1875 with a short miniature for violin and cello called Water Droplets (Vattendroppar), [2] and ended a few months before his death at age 91 with the orchestration of two earlier songs, "Kom nu hit, död" ("Come Away, Death") and "Kullervon valitus ...
Concertante works by Jean Sibelius (1 C, 5 P) I. Incidental music by Jean Sibelius (12 P) M. Melodramas by Jean Sibelius (3 P) O. Operas by Jean Sibelius (2 P)
Concertante works by Jean Sibelius (1 C, 5 P) S. Symphonies by Jean Sibelius (11 P) T. Tone poems by Jean Sibelius (14 P)
Through the 1890s, as Russian control over the duchy grew increasingly oppressive, Sibelius produced a series of works reflecting Finnish resistance to foreign rule, culminating in the tone poem Finlandia. [5] Sibelius's national stature was recognised in 1897 when he was awarded a state pension to enable him to spend more time composing. [6]
This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.
The Six Humoresques, Opp. 87 and 89, [a] are concertante compositions for violin and orchestra written from 1917 to 1918 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.Despite spanning two opus numbers (due to publishing technicalities), the composer—who originally considered calling the humoresques impromptus or lyrical dances—intended them as a suite.
Water Droplets, which was published posthumously in 1997 by Fazer Music [], [1] is in the key of E minor and has a 4 4 time signature. [a] Structurally, it is, according to Daniel Grimley, "a little Mozartian study ... with a simple Alberti (broken-chord) accompaniment", in which the main theme is first presented (measures 1–4) and then twice repeated with modifications (measures 5–8 and 9 ...
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