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
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
Snöfrid
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Snöfrid, Op. 29, is a melodrama or "improvisation for narrator, mixed choir and orchestra" by Jean Sibelius. He completed it in 1900 on a text by Viktor Rydberg. It was first performed in Helsinki on
The Wood Nymph
…worthy of ranking amongst Sibelius's greatest orchestral works. Sibelius admired Rydberg and often set his poetry to music, including the melodrama Snöfrid, Op. 29, and the War Song of Tyrtaeus. The poem Skogsrået was first published in 1882, and in 1883 Sibelius's future friend, the artist Akseli…
The composer (c. 1900)