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Definition of Sibelius
1. Noun. Finnish composer (1865-1957).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sibelius
Literary usage of Sibelius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld (1920)
"But Sibelius has written music innocent of roof and ... Air blows through the
music of Sibelius, quickens even the slightest of his compositions. ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"... and of modern musicians like Sibelius, Humperdinck, German, and York Bowen,
were performed. The orchestra is a private and self-supporting institution. ..."
3. Stories of Symphonic Music: A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies by Lawrence Gilman (1907)
"... Sibelius (Jan Sibelius: born in Tavastehus, Finland, December 8, 1865; now
living in Helsingfors) "LEMMINKAINEN," SYMPHONIC POEM IN FOUR PARTS: ..."
4. Symphonies and Their Meaning: Third Series: Modern Symphonies by Philip Henry Goepp (1913)
"... CHAPTER XII Sibelius. A FINNISH SYMPHONY* must expect that the music of newer
nations will be national. It goes without saying; for the music comes ..."
5. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"9 Sibelius Here we have a typical example of national music, a melody from Finland.
How pleasant to find a modern composer who is not satisfied with merely ..."
6. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"Sibelius By OLIN DOWNES |UT of the North has come a new prophet: Jean Sibelius,
at present the leading composer of Finland. This is intended as more than a ..."
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