[DOC] [TLE] Jean Sibelius - Wikipedia [PAR] Jean Sibelius born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865  20 
September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and 
early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as his country's greatest 
composer and, through his ... His best-known compositions are Finlandia, the 
Karelia Suite, Valse triste,... [DOC] [TLE] Finlandia - Wikipedia [PAR] Finlandia, Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was 
written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press 
Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the 
Russian Empire, and was the last of seven pieces performed as an ... Most of the 
piece is taken up with rousing and turbulent music, evoking the... [DOC] [TLE] Finlandia - Jean Sibelius [PAR] Completed in 1899; first performance at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki, 4th 
November ... This stirred opposition in most Finnish cultural circles, and paintings 
with protest themes became very popular. Sibelius, too, wanted to use his art to 
add to the protests. .... The world-famous hymn motif is first heard in the 
woodwinds. [DOC] [TLE] With the composition of his tone poem Finlandia ... - Seattle Symphony [PAR] Early in 1899, the government of Czar. Nicholas II issued the ... Finlandia. This 
piece was performed for the first time in July 1900 and quickly became. Sibelius's 
most ... a hymn-like theme, the most famous melody Sibelius ever wrote. The new
... [DOC] [TLE] Jean Sibelius | Finnish composer | Britannica.com [PAR] Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. ... On his 
return to Finland a performance of his first large-scale orchestral work, the 
Kullervo ... His tone poem Finlandia was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. ... 
After World War I he published his greatest works, the last three symphonies (No. [DOC] [TLE] Oliveira Plays Brahms - The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra [PAR] BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 ... Finlandia was written in 1899, the 
same year as his First Symphony, and became his most famous and beloved. [DOC] [TLE] Sibelius, Jean [PAR] Quick Notes: Finlandia was composed in 1899, and was first played in February 
of that ... and music, and Sibelius was among the most lionized figures in his 
homeland. ... when European political and musical nationalism reached their 
greatest peak. Most of Sibelius's early works are fervently Finnish in some way
themes... [DOC] [TLE] Finlandia - Redlands Symphony - Redlands CA Classical Music ... [PAR] Finlandia became the composer's most enduring work, in part because of the 
political climate ... Russia imposed a strict censorship policy on the small nation 
in 1899. ... Sibelius extracted six tableaux from the melodrama for a performance 
... Most famous, though, is a hymn-like theme which makes its first appearance in 
an... [DOC] [TLE] Sibelius 150 years | ClassicLive [PAR] ... his first orchestral works. These pieces were first performed in Helsinki in 1891. 
... important nationalist symbol. In 1892 Sibelius composed his first major work on 
a Kalevala theme: Kullervo, which was a great success. The tone poem Finlandia
, which became a symbol of national independence, was completed in 1899. [DOC] [TLE] PROGRAM NOTES Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 [PAR] To those who hadin particular the overly popular Finlandia, first performed at a 
nationalistic pageant in 1899Sibelius was the voice of Finland. But in Italy ... 
would return there only to write Tapiola, the bleakest of all his works. But Sibelius
... [DOC] [TLE] PROGRAM NOTES Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 [PAR] Sibelius composed Finlandia in 1899 for performance at a political ... The 
Orchestra first performed this work at the Ravinia Festival on July 11, 1936, with 
Hans ... Helsinki Philharmonic, then only eighteen months old, took it on its first 
major... [DOC] [TLE] NPR: Performance Today -- Sibelius Symphonies [PAR] Sibelius wrote his First Symphony in 1899, when he was 33 years old and 
already celebrated as

Question: His most famous work, "Finlandia", was first performed in 1899
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