{"product_id":"759469","title":"Hurmusomero - SIBELIUS: Songs, Vol. 1 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Sibelius (1865-1957)  Songs, Volume 1  The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in 1865, the son  of a doctor, in a small town in the south of Finland, the language and culture  of his family being Swedish. It was at school that he was to learn Finnish and acquire  his first interest in the early legends of his country. His musical abilities  were soon realised, although not developed early enough to suggest music as a  profession until he had entered university in Helsinki as a law student. His first ambition  had been to be a violinist. It later became apparent that any ability he had in  this direction was outweighed by his gifts as a composer, developed first by  study with Martin Wegelius, then in Berlin  and, more effectively, in Vienna.In Finland  once more, Sibelius won almost immediate success in 1892 with a symphonic poem, Kullervo, based on an episode from the Finnish epic Kalevala.  There followed compositions of particular national appeal that further enhanced  his reputation in Helsinki.  During this period he supported himself by teaching, as well as by composition  and the performance of his works, but it proved difficult for him to earn enough,  given, as he was, to bouts of extravagance, continuing from his days as a  student. In 1896 he was voted the position of professor at the University of Helsinki,  but the committee's decision was overturned in favour of Robert Kajanus, the  experienced founder and conductor of the first professional orchestra in Helsinki. As consolation  for his disappointment Sibelius was awarded a government stipend for ten years,  and this was later changed into a pension for life. The sum involved was never  sufficient to meet his gift for improvidence, inherited, perhaps, from his  father, who at his death in 1868 had left his family in some difficulty.Sibelius continued his active career as a composer until  1926, his fame increasing at home and abroad, particularly with his series of  symphonies, the first in 1898 and the seventh in 1924. An eighth symphony was probably  completed around 1932, but was destroyed. The rest was silence. For the last 28  years of his life Sibelius wrote next to nothing, remaining isolated from and largely  antipathetic to contemporary trends in music. His reputation in Britain and America remained high, although  there were inevitable reactions to the excessive enthusiasm of his supporters.  On the continent of Europe he failed to recapture the earlier position he had  enjoyed before the 1914 war in Germany,  France and Vienna. He died in 1957 at the age of 91. Sibelius wrote around a hundred songs. Most of these are  settings of Swedish words, texts in what was, after all, the composer's first  language, with eight settings of German verses and a handful only of Finnish,  although a larger proportion of his choral works use texts in this language. It  is natural that the German songs have enjoyed wider international currency,  leaving other songs gen\u003cp\u003eIllalle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaren Flyktar Hastigt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDen Forsta Kyssen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSvarta Rosor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlickan Kom Ifran Sin Alskings Mote\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSav, Sav, Susa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVar Det En Drom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemanten Pa Marssnon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLastu Lainehilla\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouda, Souda, Sinisorsa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaiutar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSegelfahrt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIm Feld Ein Madchen Singt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchnsucht\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDie Stille Stadt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerenadi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEn Visa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDen Forsta Kyssen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrgier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSav, Sav, Susa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoluppgang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanskapens Blomma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.1:Sinivuokko\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.2:Kaksi Ruusua\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.3:Valkovuokko\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.4:Vuokko\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.5:Villiruusu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.6:Kukkasen Kohtalo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarsissi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHymn To Thais, The Unforgettable\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55145720709505,"sku":"759469","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51SEnpaSGnL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767819746","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/759469","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}