"It is hard to think of any music in which the composer is more spontaneous and masterful, and uncompromising in his thought."--Olin Downes, Thompson's International Cyclopedia.These revolutionary works brought a strikingly organic--almost architectural--unity to the symphony that music historians recognized as being far in advance of anything in the classical masters. Planted with seeds of change already evident in the beautiful, dark third symphony, the fourth symphony presented the most individual work in this form that the twentieth century had yet witnessed. Harmonically new, boldly innovative, and structured on a subtle continuity of line, this was a kind of music previously unheard in the concert hall. Austere and intensely concentrated, Sibelius's symphonies of 1907 and 1911 are frequently performed around the world by major orchestras.

Title: En Saga, Op. 9 Composer: Jean Sibelius Original Publisher: Breitkopf & Hartel The complete score to En Saga by Jean Sibelius, as originally published by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1903. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth.

Michael Tilson Thomas and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform three works by Charles Ives, Jean Sibelius and Richard Wagner. Recorded in 1970 at the Symphony Hall, Boston, the featured works are Ives' 'Three Places in New England', Sibelius's 'Symphony No. 4', and Wagner's 'Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey' from 'Götterdämmerung'.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Sonnet, Op. 94, No. 3; Volume 2 Of Twelve Selected Pieces For The Pianoforte; Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius J. & W. Chester, 1921 Music; Musical Instruments; Piano & Keyboard; Music / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard; Piano music

Now available for the first time in a reasonably priced study score, Sibelius' two suites enttitled Scenes Historiques. With origins all the way back to 1899, the composer put together two suites of three numbers each in 1911-1912. Each was given its premiere with the composer directing the Helsinki Philharmonic and subsequently published with widely-spaced opus numbers (in 1912 and 1913). These digitally-enhanced reprints will be a favorite of Sibelius fans along with anyone who likes to view Finnish composer's superb orchestrational skills in action.