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Jean Sibelius
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 8 December 1865
- Died
- 20 September 1957
- Place of birth
- Hämeenlinna
- Place of death
- Järvenpää
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Sibelius
- Mother
- Maria Charlotta Sibelius
- Spouse
- Aino Sibelius
- Sibling
- Christian Sibelius
- Field of work
- music
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, musicologist, university teacher, violinist
- Citizenship
- Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland
- Native language
- Swedish
- Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Finnish Music Hall of Fame, Goethe Medal for Art and Science, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Commander 1st class of the Order of Vasa, Commander of the Order of St. Olav, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- birth name
- Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, Albert Edelfelt's letters, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Sibelius Academy, University of Helsinki
- employer
- University of Helsinki
- facial hair
- toothbrush moustache
- list of works
- list of compositions by Jean Sibelius
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- synesthesia
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR, Grand Lodge of Finland, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lake Tuusula Artist Community
- nickname
- Janne
- notable work
- Finlandia, Kullervo, Valse triste, Violin Concerto, Andante Festivo
- number of children
- 6
- pseudonym
- Jean Sibelius
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Jean Sibelius
- relative
- Jaakko Ilves
- residence
- Ainola
- significant person
- Adolf Paul
- start of work period
- 1892
- student
- Heikki Klemetti, Toivo Kuula, Leevi Madetoja
- student of
- Martin Wegelius, Albert Becker, Karl Goldmark, Robert Fuchs, Robert Kajanus, Karl Flodin, Hermann Csillag
- time period
- Post-romanticism, modern period
- topic has template
- Template:Jean Sibelius
- topic's main category
- Category:Jean Sibelius
- work location
- Helsinki
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