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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
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 18:24:20 1985
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Reply-To: rwfi@ur-tut.UUCP (Robert Fink)
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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.

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