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Kuolema (Sibelius)

Kuolema
Incidental music by Jean Sibelius
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The composer in 1904, by Albert Edelfelt
Catalogue Op. 44
Composed 1903 (1903)
Performed 2 December 1903 (1903-12-02)
Movements 6
Scoring string orchestra

Kuolema (Finnish: “Death”), Op. 44, is incidental music for orchestra by Jean Sibelius for a play of that name by Arvid Järnefelt, structured in six movements, originally scored for a string orchestra, bass drum and a bell. He conducted the first performance at Helsinki's National Theatre on 2 December 1903. He drew individual works from the score and revised them under two opus numbers:


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