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Music Appreciation

ultralite001

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6. Finlandia... Jean Sibelius...

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:18 PM

Feb 10

Finlandia, Op. 26 is a symphonic poem by the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius.

The first version was written in 1899. It was revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, as the last of seven pieces, each performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history.

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