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Jean Sibelius as a composer
List of compositions
Orchestral works
Chamber music
Piano compositions
Organ works
Songs
Choral works (without orchestra)
Incidental music
Music for Freemasonry
The Man
Childhood 1865-1881
Music becomes a serious pursuit 1881-1885
Studies in Helsinki 1885-1888
Studies in Berlin 1889-1890
Studies in Vienna 1890-1891
Kullervo and the wedding 1891-1892
The Symposion years 1892-1897
Towards an international breakthrough 1897-1899
A child’s death, and international breakthrough, 1900-1902
The Waltz of Death and the move to Ainola 1903-1904
The first years in Ainola 1904-1908
Inner voices 1908-1914
The war and the fifth symphony 1915-1919
The last masterpieces 1920-1927
Writing the eighth symphony 1928-1933
At the height of his popularity 1934-1939
The war and the destruction of the eighth symphony 1939-1945
The silence of Ainola 1945-1957
Death and funeral 1957
Family
Genealogical table
Relatives alphabetically
Friends of Jean Sibelius
The Sibelius Family
The Järnefelt Family
The Clodt Family
The Borg Family
Special subjects
Sibelius and his residences
Documents
Jean Sibelius as a musician
Stimulants
Travels
Money
Audio and video recordings of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation
In his own words
Introduction
Childhood
Student years
Politics
Diary and letters
An artist’s life in the 1890s
An artist’s life, 1900-1910
An artist’s life, 1911-1914
The First World War and the Civil War 1914-1918
Old age
Friends
About conducting
Birds, nature
About stimulants
On music and composition
About his own compositions
Philosophizing, self-examination
Ainola
History of Ainola
Memories of Ainola
Ainola: the yard and beyond
The occupants of Ainola
The Ainola Estate
Ainola today
Journeys to England
Journeys to England
Journey 16
Journey 21
Journey 23
Journey 27
Journey 33
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