Sibelius

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Sibelius's birthplace in Hämeenlinna

11-year-old Sibelius in 1876

Martin Wegelius, Sibelius's teacher in Finland

Sibelius in 1891, when he studied in Vienna

Sibelius (right) socializing with Akseli Gallen-Kallela (the artist, left), Oskar Merikanto, and Robert Kajanus

Sibelius: sketch by Albert Engström (1904)

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Blue plaque, 15 Gloucester Walk, Kensington, London, his home in 1909

Sibelius received an honorary doctorate from Yale university. His popularity in America was so high that when the New York Philharmonic surveyed the favourite composer of music listeners around the United States, Sibelius came first among all of them, living or dead.[55]

Sibelius in 1923

Sibelius and Aino in Järvenpää (early 1940s)

Sibelius in 1939

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Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a stronger national identity when the country was struggling from several attempts at Russification in the late 19th century.
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