Romanticism · Bohemia and the North
1865 – 1957
Hämeenlinna - Järvenpää
Review
In a Finland still under Russian rule, his music became a symbol of national identity, especially the symphonic poem Finland (1899). The State granted him a life pension.
Its seven symphonies evolve towards an increasing concentration and originality. In the late 1920s he stopped publishing music and lived in creative silence in his home in Ainola for three decades.
Main works
- Kullavo (1892)
- In saga (1892)
- Suite Karelia (1893)
- The Swan of Tuonela (1895)
- Finland op. 26 (1899)
- Symphony No. 2 op. 43 (1902)
- Vals sad (1903)
- Concert for violin op. 47 (1904)
- Symphony No. 5 op. 82 (1915)
- Tapiola (1926)
