Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) is revered in Western music for his mastery of symphonic forms and orchestral scoring. Sibelius' first two symphonies remain among his most accessible and popular.
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Finlandia and Other Tone Poems in Full Score by Jean Sibelius Full orchestral scores of Finlandia, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkainen's Return, En Saga, Pohjola's Daughter, Night Ride and Sunrise, and The Oceanides.
Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82, in Full Score by Jan Sibelius Distinguished by a simplicity and lucidity that has made it one of Sibelius' most popular works, the Fifth Symphony is reprinted here unabridged from the original 1921 full-score edition.
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 in Full Score by Jean Sibelius These revolutionary works brought a strikingly organic — almost architectural — unity to the symphony that music historians recognized as "far in advance of anything in the classical masters." Austere and intensely concentrated.
Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 in Full Score by Anton Bruckner Rich in their harmonic language and complex in their polyphony, these works are exemplars of Austro-Germanic Romanticism. They are known as "The Philosopher's Symphony" and "The Apocalyptic," respectively. Features lay-flat sewn binding.
Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) is revered in Western music for his mastery of symphonic forms and orchestral scoring. Sibelius' first two symphonies remain among his most accessible and popular.
Reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, edition.
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