| Edition |
Paperback ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 549 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I.A window to the world : the autonomous grand duchy of the Russian empire. Finland's nature : Vårt land, our land -- Pillars of Finnish identity -- Nineteenth-century Finland : scènes historiques -- Imperial Helsinki -- Crosswinds -- From Russian empire to musical empire -- pt. II. Herää Suomi!--Awake Finland! -- Finland from afar -- Young Finland and the Carelian call to arms -- Science, art, and symbolism -- Of sagas and springtime -- Aphrodite and the national project -- National aspirations and symbolist angst -- The politics of the theatrical -- From Russia but not with love -- The Finnish resistance -- A new millennium : Helsinki, Paris, the world! -- Italian classicism and Finnish nationalism -- Country living and the Finnish national movement -- 1905 : the crucial hour -- pt. III. Taide kuuluu kaikille--Art belongs to all. Connections east and west -- Proletarians versus bourgeoisie -- Turning points -- Onward, ye powerful people! -- The militaristic state -- Might makes right : the 1930s -- The close. |
| Summary |
Glenda Dawn Goss begins her sweeping narrative in the Finland of Sibelius's youth, which remained under Russian control for the first five decades of his life. Focusing on previously unexamined events, Goss explores the composer's formative experiences as a Russian subject and a member of the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority. She goes on to trace Sibelius's relationships with his creative contemporaries, with whom he worked to usher in a golden age of music and art that would endow Finns with a sense of pride in their heritage and encourage their hopes for the possibilities of nationhood. Skillfully evoking this artistic climate--in which Sibelius emerged as a leader--Goss creates a dazzling portrait of the painting, sculpture, literature, and music it inspired. To solve the deepest riddles of Sibelius's life, work, and enigmatic silence, Goss contends, we must understand the awakening in which he played so great a role. Situating this national creative tide in the context of Nordic and European cultural current, this book dramatically deepens our knowledge of a misunderstood musical giant and narrates an important chapter in the intellectual history of Europe. |
| Subject |
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 -- Appreciation -- Finland.
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Nationalism -- Finland -- 20th century.
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Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. (OCoLC)fst00037935
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Art appreciation. (OCoLC)fst00815447
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Nationalism. (OCoLC)fst01033832
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Finland. (OCoLC)fst01205503
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| ISBN |
9780226005478 (pbk.) |
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022600547X (pbk.) |
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9780226304793 (ebook) |
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0226304795 (ebook) |
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