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Sibelius : a composer's life and the awakening of Finland / Glenda Dawn Goss.

Author: Goss, Glenda Dawn.

Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Descriptionxxi, 549 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Note:Pt. I. A window to the world : the autonomous grand duchy of the Russian empire. Finland's nature : Vart land, our land -- Pillars of Finnish identity -- Nineteenth-century Finland : scenes historiques -- Imperial Helsinki -- Crosswinds -- From Russian empire to musical empire -- Pt. II. Heraa Suomi!--Awake Finland! -- Finland from afar -- Young Finland and the Carelian call to arms -- Science, art, and symbolism -- Of sagas and springtime -- Aphrodite and the national project -- National aspirations and symbolist angst -- The politics of the theatrical -- From Russia but not with love -- The Finnish resistance -- A new millennium : Helsinki, Paris, the world! -- Italian classicism and Finnish nationalism -- Country living and the Finnish national movement -- 1905 : the crucial hour -- Pt. III. Taide kuuluu kaikille--Art belongs to all. Connections east and west -- Proletarians versus bourgeoisie -- Turning points -- Onward, ye powerful people! -- The militaristic state -- Might makes right : the 1930s -- The close.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-516) and index.

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Goss, Glenda Dawn.
Subject:
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 -- Appreciation -- Finland.
Subject:
Nationalism -- Finland -- 20th century.