The songs of Jean Sibelius : poetry, music, performance / Gustav Djupsjöbacka.
| Author/creator |
Djupsjöbacka, Gustav, 1950- |
| Other author/creator | Grimley, Daniel M., writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2023. |
| Description | xix, 416 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Foreword / by Daniel Grimley -- Preface -- Wrestling with the text -- Sibelius and the poems of the idealistic realist Runeberg -- Idle wishes and summer nights -- Diamonds and rears: Runeberg's contemporaries in Finland -- Longing for the eternal: nineteenth-century poets from Sweden -- Realism and emerging symbolism -- Solace of the harp, song to my tongue: other nineteenth-century poets in Sweden -- Rapid riders and hoodwinked women -- Betrayal, urbanity and decadence -- O, kämst du doch! -- A last Kalevala excursion -- Appendix. List of Sibelius's songs by opus number ; Alphabetical list of Sibelius's songs without opus numbers ; Alphabetical list of Sibelius's songs by English title ; Alphabetical list of Sibelius's poets ; Text of the Two Lost Songs, op. 72 nos. 1 and 2 ; Text to the Melodrama Ett ensamt skidspår (Gripenberg). |
| Abstract | This is the first book to discuss the complete solo art songs of Jean Sibelius and to locate them in their musical, literary and artistic context. The book is organized around the poets Sibelius set to music and the literary themes associated with them, thus providing invaluable information for the scholar, student and performer. The musical and aesthetic contextualisation of the songs will help to enable new interpretations on the performance stage. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-404) and indexes. |
| ISBN | 1783277815 |
| ISBN | 9781783277810 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S54 D58 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |