Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ur-tut.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!rwfi From: rwfi@ur-tut.UUCP (Robert Fink) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Sibelius - tone poems Message-ID: <133@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 18:24:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ur-tut.133 Posted: Tue Sep 24 18:24:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 07:25:00 EDT References: <730@charm.UUCP> <1062@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <392@scgvaxd.UUCP> Reply-To: rwfi@ur-tut.UUCP (Robert Fink) Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 10 Another Sibelius junkie comes out of the closet! Don't be ashamed. Personally, I find Sibelius' symphonies (the 5th especially) some of the most satisfying 20th century symphonies; 20th century English music (Walton, Holst, etc.) is heavily influenced by Sibelius' style, as see, for instance Walton's First Symphony (1930?) in B-flat minor. When the great reckoning comes, and under- rated composers like Nielsen, Zelenka, and Arthur Sullivan receive their due, Sibelius' unique brand of post-tonality will be acknowledged to be as viable as the vastly more respectable ones of Bartok and Stravinsky. ***** FINLANDIA ****** !!!