Sibelius's Fifth is one of the great late-Romantic symphonies. In this searching account, based on a wealth of new information, James Hepokoski takes a fresh lo

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These revolutionary works brought a strikingly organic almost architectural unity to the symphony that music historians recognized as far in advance of anything

(Unlocking the Masters). Jean Sibelius was not only Finland's greatest composer, he was one of the most distinctive and appealing musical voices in the first ha

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) is Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music. This work collects his first two symphon