| Nationality: | Finnish |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Dec. 8, 1865 — Tavastehus |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Sept. 20, 1957 — Järvenpää |
| Near Family: | Father was an army surgeon; Wife: Aino Järnfelt (m. 1892) |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Helsinki and Järvenpää |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Almost all of his income was made through composition. |
| Major Work(s): | Symphonic poem En Sagu(1893), Valse Triste(1903) |
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Interesting Facts: |
Sibelius never wrote a piece of music after 1929.
The reasons for this are not entirely known. In 1945 (in honour of his 80th birthday) the Finnish government issued a stamp featuring sibelius on the front. |
