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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments and Permissions vii
- Sibelius, Finland, and t he Idea of Landscape ix
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Part I. Essays
- Sibelius and the Russian Traditions 3
- From Heaven’s Floor to the Composer’s Desk: Sibelius’s Musical Manuscripts and Compositional Process 58
- Theatrical Sibelius: The Melodramatic Lizard 74
- The Wings of a Butterfly: Sibelius and the Problems of Musical Modernity 89
- “Thor’s Hammer”: Sibelius and British Music Critics, 1905–1957 125
- Jean Sibelius and His American Connections 158
- Art and the Ideology of Nature: Sibelius, Hamsun, Adorno 173
- Storms, Symphonies, Silence: Sibelius’s Tempest Music and the Invention of Late Style 186
- Waving from the Periphery: Sibelius, Aalto, and the Finnish Pavilions 227
- Old Masters: Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss in the Twentieth Century 256
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PART II. DOCUMENTS
- Selections from Adolf Paul’s A Book About a Human Being 307
- Some Viewpoints Concerning Folk Music and Its Influence on the Musical Arts 315
- Selection from Erik Furuhjelm’s Jean Sibelius: A Survey of his Life and Music 326
- Adorno on Sibelius 331
- Monumentalizing Sibelius: Eila Hiltunen and the Sibelius Memorial Controversy 338
- Index 355
- Notes on the Contributors 368
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments and Permissions vii
- Sibelius, Finland, and t he Idea of Landscape ix
-
Part I. Essays
- Sibelius and the Russian Traditions 3
- From Heaven’s Floor to the Composer’s Desk: Sibelius’s Musical Manuscripts and Compositional Process 58
- Theatrical Sibelius: The Melodramatic Lizard 74
- The Wings of a Butterfly: Sibelius and the Problems of Musical Modernity 89
- “Thor’s Hammer”: Sibelius and British Music Critics, 1905–1957 125
- Jean Sibelius and His American Connections 158
- Art and the Ideology of Nature: Sibelius, Hamsun, Adorno 173
- Storms, Symphonies, Silence: Sibelius’s Tempest Music and the Invention of Late Style 186
- Waving from the Periphery: Sibelius, Aalto, and the Finnish Pavilions 227
- Old Masters: Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss in the Twentieth Century 256
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PART II. DOCUMENTS
- Selections from Adolf Paul’s A Book About a Human Being 307
- Some Viewpoints Concerning Folk Music and Its Influence on the Musical Arts 315
- Selection from Erik Furuhjelm’s Jean Sibelius: A Survey of his Life and Music 326
- Adorno on Sibelius 331
- Monumentalizing Sibelius: Eila Hiltunen and the Sibelius Memorial Controversy 338
- Index 355
- Notes on the Contributors 368