Sibelius Studies

Contents

• List of plates; Preface;
• Part I . Reception History and Aesthetics:
• 1. An essay in post-colonial analysis: Sibelius as an icon of the Finns and others Eero Tarasti;
• 2. From Kajanus to Karajan: Sibelius on record Robert Layton;
• 3. 'Sibelius the Progressive' Tim Howell;
• Part II . Ideology and Structure:
• 4. Kullervo's problem - Kullervo's story Peter Franklin;
• 5. Sibelius and the theater: a study of the incidental music for Symbolist plays Eija Kurki;
• 6. Sibelius's symphonic ballad Skogsraet: biographical and programmatic aspects of his early orchestral music Veijo Murtomaki;
• 7. Pohjola's Daughter - 'L'aventure d'un heros' Timo Virtanen;
• 8. Observations on crystallization and entropy in the music of Sibelius and other composers Timothy L. Jackson;
• Part III . Analytical Studies of the Symphonies:
• 9. Meter in the opening of the Second Symphony Tapio Kallio;
• 10. The musical language of the Fourth Symphony Elliott Antokoletz;
• 11. Rotations, sketches and the Sixth Symphony James Hepokoski;
• 12. Continuity and design in the Seventh Symphony Edward Laufer; Index.