A Performance Guide to the Songs of Jean Sibelius
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 October 2026
- ISBN 9780197752586
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 277x216x22 mm
- Weight 930 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A Performance Guide to the Songs of Jean Sibelius is a first-of-its-kind resource for singers and pianists to learn about and to perform the songs of Sibelius. It will help the reader unlock the beauty of Sibelius' extraordinary songs with this comprehensive performance guide. This book is the key to mastering the art of interpreting the composer's songs with depth and linguistic accuracy to a seasoned performer or a student singer or pianist looking to expand their horizons alike. It is a perfect resource for singers and collaborative pianists at all levels who want to explore this rich body of song, in the original languages.
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A Performance Guide to the Songs of Jean Sibelius is a first-of-its-kind resource created specifically for English-speaking performers and teachers, containing a wealth of information about this composer's unique and beautiful songs, many of which have been unjustly neglected. These songs demonstrate a genre of art song very different from the lieder and mélodie of Sibelius's contemporaries, with influences stemming from the Nordic romans, expressionism, impressionism, and the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. This book is designed to support performers seeking to add these works to their repertoire.
In addition to the standard three-line translations (original text, word-for-word English, and phonetic translations), poetic translations, and guides to lyric diction (in Finland-Swedish and in Finnish), this book includes biographical information about the composer, his poets, notable singers of this repertoire, and links to audio recordings of the poetry, spoken by native speakers of Finnish and Finland-Swedish. Every chapter contains background and historical context for each song and song opus, with helpful information regarding performance, interpretation, and range, and the aforementioned translations. It is an important complement to Breitkopf & Härtel's critical edition of all of Sibelius's songs, for both piano and orchestra (Series XIII, volumes 1-4).
The book is an invaluable resource for English-speaking singers, collaborative pianists, and teachers of voice and vocal literature who are interested in performing and knowing more about these beautiful songs, in their original languages (Swedish, Finnish, and German), by one of the most important Nordic composers of the late-Romantic period.
02/02/2026
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Sibelius: His Life, Style, and Songs
Chapter 2: Sibelius: His Poets
Chapter 3: Sibelius: His Singers
Chapter 4: Guides to Lyric Diction
Singing in Finland-Swedish
Vowel and consonant chart
Singing in Finnish
Vowel and consonant chart
Chapter 5: Solo Songs by Opus Number
Opus 1 Five Christmas Songs
Nu står jul vid snöig port
Nu så kommer julen
Det mörknar ute
Julvisa
On hanget korkeat
Opus 3 Arioso
Opus 7 Excerpt from Kullervo, Symphony for Soprano, Baritone, Male Voice Choir and Orchestra
Kullervon valitus
Opus 13 Seven Songs with Texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Under strandens granar
Kyssens hopp
Hjärtats morgon
Våren flykter hastigt
Drömmen
Till Frigga
Jägargossen
Opus 17 Seven Songs
Se'n har jag ej frågat mera
Sov in!
Fågellek
Vilse
En slända
Illalle
Lastu lainehilla
Opus 27, Excerpt from Kung Kristian II, Op. 27, (no. 4)
Sången om korsspindeln
Opus 33 Koskenlaskijan morsiamet
Opus 35 Two Songs
Jubal
Teodora
Opus 36 Six Songs
Svarta rosor
Men min fågel märks dock icke
Bollspelet vid Trianon
Säv, säv, susa
Marssnön
Demanten på marssnön
Opus 37 Five Songs
Den första kyssen
Lasse liten
Soluppgång
Var det en dröm?
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklngs möte
Opus 38 Five Songs
Höstkväll
På verandan vid havet
I natten
Harpolekaren och hans son
Jag ville, jag vore
Opus 50 Six Songs
Lenzgesang
Sehnsucht
Im Feld ein Mädchen singt
Aus banger Brust
Die stille Stadt
Rosenlied
Opus 57 Eight Songs with Texts by Ernst Josephson
Älven och snigeln
En blomma stod vid vägen
Kvarnhjulet
Maj
Jag är ett träd
Hertig Magnus
Vänskapens blomma
Näcken
Opus 60 Two Songs from Trettonsdagsafton
Kom nu hit, död
Hållilå, uti storm och i regn
Opus 61 Eight Songs
Långsamt som kvällskyn
Vattenplask
När jag drömmer
Romeo
Romans
Dolce far niente
Fåfäng önskan
Vårtagen
Opus 70 Luonnotar
Opus 72 (Six) Songs
Vi ses igen
Orions bälte
Kyssen
Kauitar
Der Wanderer und der Bach
Hundra vägar
Opus 86 Six Songs
Värförnimmelser
Längtan heter min arvedel
Dold förening
Och finns det en tanke
Sångarlön
I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par!
Opus 88 Six Songs
Blåsippan
De bägge rosorna
Vitsippan
Sippan
Törnet
Blommans öde
Opus 90 Six Songs with Texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Norden
Hennes budskap
Morgonen
Fågelfängarn
Sommarnatten
Vem styrde hit din väg
Chapter 6: Solo Songs without Opus Numbers
JS 48 Solitude/ Opus 51 Den judiska flickans sång
JS 71 En visa
JS 73 Erloschen
JS 97 Hymn to Thais, the Unforgettable
JS 140 Narciss
JS 143 Orgier
JS 147 De trenne blinda systrar
JS 167 Serenad (Runeberg)
JS 168 Serenad (Stagnelius)
JS 171 Skogsrået
JS 174 Små flickorna
JS 180 Souda, souda, sinisorsa
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