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Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt; 10 August 1871 – 8 June 1969) was the wife of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They lived most of their 65 years of marriage at their home Ainola near Lake Tuusula, Järvenpää , Finland.
Daily life in Ainola was documented by Sibelius's private secretary Santeri Levas in the 1945 photographic book Jean Sibelius and His Home. Buildings around Ainola include a sauna building and a shed. Sibelius died in Ainola on September 20, 1957. His wife Aino lived in Ainola for the next twelve years until she died on June 8, 1969.
Jean Sibelius and wife Aino read in Ainola's dining room In November 1903, Sibelius began to build his new home Ainola (Aino's Place) near Lake Tuusula some 45 km (30 miles) north of Helsinki. To cover the construction costs, he gave concerts in Helsinki, Turku and Vaasa in early 1904 as well as in Tallinn, Estonia, and in Latvia during the summer.
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 ...
In early March, Sibelius composed—purportedly in just three hours—a duo for cello and piano that he named Fantasia (later retitled Malinconia). The piece received its premiere on 12 March 1900 in Helsinki; the cellist was Georg Schnéevoigt , the dedicatee, accompanied by the pianist Sigrid Sundgren [ fi ] (the two later married in 1907).
Jean Rather, an artist and wife of the longtime CBS news anchor Dan Rather, has died. She was 89. The news was announced by her family in a statement posted on social media. “Today is the ...
Jean Rather, the wife of former longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather, died Tuesday at the age of 89, her family announced. Rather died in Austin, Texas, surrounded by family and friends following a ...
Elisabeth Järnefelt The Järnefelt family with composer Jean Sibelius Standing: Arvid, Armas, Eero and his wife Saimi. Seated: Aino Sibelius, Elisabeth, Jean Sibelius, Emmy (Arvid's wife) and Eero (Arvid's son), Elli, Mikael Clodt von Jürgensburg (Elisabeth's brother) and Kasper.