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After Sibelius: Studies in Finnish Music (Paperback)
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After Sibelius: Studies in Finnish Music (Paperback)
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During the last twenty years, the rest of the world has come to
focus on the music of Finland. The seemingly disproportionate
creative energy from this small country defies prevalent trends in
the production of classical music. Tim Howell provides an engaging
investigation into Finnish music and combines elements of composer
biography and detailed analysis within the broader context of
cultural and national identity. The book consists of a collection
of eight individual composer studies that investigate the
historical position and compositional characteristics of a
representative selection of leading figures, ranging from the
beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. These
potentially self-contained studies subscribe to a larger picture,
which explains the Sibelian legacy, the effect of this considerable
influence on subsequent generations and its lasting consequences:
an internationally acclaimed school of contemporary music.
Outlining a particular perspective on modernism, Howell provides a
careful balance between biographical and analytical concerns to
allow the work to be accessible to the non-specialist. Each
composer study offers a sense of overview followed by progressively
more detail. Close readings of selected orchestral works provide a
focus, while the structure of each analysis accommodates the
different levels of engagement expected by a wide readership. The
composers under consideration are Aarre Merikanto, Erik Bergman,
Joonas Kokkonen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Aulis Sallinen, Paavo
Heininen, Kaija Saariaho and Magnus Lindberg. The concluding
discussion of issues of national distinctiveness and the whole
phenomenon of why such a small nation is compositionally so active,
is of wide-ranging significance. Drawing together various strands
to emerge from these individual personalities, Howell explores the
Finnish attitude to new music, in both its composition and
reception, uncovering an enlightened view of the value of
creativity from which many other nations may benefit.
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