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Kuolema (Sibelius)

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Catalogue
  
Op. 44

Scoring
  
orchestra

Composed
  
1903 (1903)

Kuolema (Sibelius)

Performed
  
2 December 1903 (1903-12-02)

Kuolema (Death), Op. 44, is incidental music for orchestra by Jean Sibelius for a play of that name by Arvid Järnefelt, structured in six movements. He conducted the first performance at Helsinki's National Theatre on 2 December 1903. He drew individual works from the score and revised them under two opus numbers:

  • Op. 44 no. 1 Valse triste, completed in 1904
  • Op. 44 no. 2 Scene with Cranes, completed in 1906
  • Op. 62a Canzonetta (Rondino der Liebenden) for string orchestra, first version in 1906, final version in 1911
  • Op. 62b Valse romantique (Waltz intermezzo), completed in 1911

    • Literature

  • Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

    • References

    Kuolema (Sibelius) Wikipedia
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