Suite karelia de jean sibelius biography
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Johan (Jean) Julius Christian Sibelius, was born on 8 December the Grand Duchy of Finland, at that time an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. Although his family had once been wealthy, his father died of typhus when Jean was thee years old leaving substantial debts. As a consequence his mother sold their home and the family moved into her mother's house where Jean grew up. He began piano lessons at the age of seven under the direction of his aunt Julia, who reputedly struck him on the knuckles whenever he played a wrong note. Fortunately his uncle, Pehr Ferdinand Sibelius, was more sympathetic in his approach to musical education. Uncle Pehr was an enthusiastic and talented musician and became like a father and musical mentor to the boy, giving him a violin and encouraging him to compose music. In his childhood his family name was "Janne" a diminutive of Johan. He retained this name throughout his life, and when a student he changed the spelling to Jean.
Although his family spoke Swedish, he was educated at a Finnish-language lyceum where he was reportedly a rather absent-minded pupil. After an undistinguished school career he passed the examinations allowing him to enter the university. Initially he studied law, but after less than one year he moved to the Helsinki M
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Karelia Suite
Symphonic suite by Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite, Op is a subset of pieces from the longer Karelia Music (named after the region of Karelia) written by Jean Sibelius in for the Viipuri Students' Association and premiered, with Sibelius conducting, at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, on 23 November of that year. Sibelius first conducted the shorter Suite ten days later; it remains one of his most popular works.[1]
Karelia Music was written in the beginning of Sibelius's compositional career, and the complete Music consists of an Overture, 8 Tableaux, and 2 Intermezzi; it runs for about 44 minutes, whereas the Suite lasts about 12 minutes.
The rough-hewn character of the Music was deliberate – the aesthetic intention was not to dazzle with technique but to capture the quality of naive, folk-based authenticity. Historical comments have noted the nationalistic character of the music.[2]
Orchestration
[edit]The piece is orchestrated for three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), three oboes (3rd doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns in F and E, three trumpets in F and E, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, two sopranos/barito
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