En saga
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En saga, Op. 9, is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written from 1891 to 1892 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which likely began as a septet or octet for flute, clarinet, an
The composer (c. 1891)
A 16 February 1893 ad (in Swedish) from Nya Pressen promoting the premiere of Sibelius's En saga.
Sibelius composed En saga at Robert Kajanus's request.
Italian composer, Ferruccio Busoni (c. 1911), a friend of Sibelius's who provided him with the opportunity to conduct the revised version of En saga in Berlin in 1902
The Wood Nymph
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The Wood Nymph, Op. 15, is a programmatic tone poem for orchestra composed in 1894 and 1895 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The ballade, which premiered on 17 April 1895 in Helsinki, Finland, w
En saga
…In June, Busoni invited Sibelius, his longtime friend, to conduct En saga (he also suggested as substitutes both the Second Symphony and the tone poem The Wood Nymph) at the beginning of November: I am planning a number of concerts of new music in Berlin... whose purpose will be to introduce little-known music of…
The composer (c. 1895)
Rydberg in 1876
An 17 April1896 advertisement (in Swedish) from Hufvudstadsbladet promoting the premiere of Sibelius's The Wood Nymph
Nymfen by the Norwegian realist painter Hans Heyerdahl, c. 1890