SYMPHONIES NOS. 6 AND 7 IN FULL SCORE
BY JEAN SIBELIUS

PAGES: 176
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER ORCHESTRAL MUSIC SCORES
PUBLICATION DATE: 21ST MAY 2020
FORMAT: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
-THE MUSIC OF COMPOSER JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) IS OFTEN CREDITED WITH HELPING FINLAND FORM A NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ITS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA. INSPIRED BY NATURE AND NORDIC MYTHOLOGY, HIS WORKS INCLUDE SEVEN SYMPHONIES AS WELL AS TONE POEMS AND CHORAL MUSIC.

-SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN D MINOR, OP. 104, IS A 'POEM WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A SYMPHONY,' AND SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN C MAJOR, OP. 105, IS A ONE-MOVEMENT 'SYMPHONIC FANTASY.' CONDUCTOR OSMA VÄNSKÄ, A NOTED INTERPRETER OF THE COMPOSER`S MUSIC, OBSERVED THAT 'NUMBER SIX IS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. AN AGING MAN FEELS HIS OWN INCAPACITY. THE IDEALS ARE THERE, BUT HE CANNOT REACH THEM. THE SEVENTH FORMS A PAIR WITH THE SIXTH, BUT IT IS NOT AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. NUMBER SEVEN IS SACRED MUSIC.' REPRINTED FROM AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES, THIS EDITION OFFERS MUSICIANS AND MUSIC LOVERS A STURDY, SINGLE VOLUME OF SIBELIUS`S LAST SYMPHONIES.

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AUTHOR:
-THE MUSIC OF COMPOSER JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) IS OFTEN CREDITED WITH HELPING FINLAND FORM A NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ITS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA. INSPIRED BY NATURE AND NORDIC MYTHOLOGY, HIS WORKS INCLUDE SEVEN SYMPHONIES AS WELL AS TONE POEMS AND CHORAL MUSIC.