Jean Sibelius, also known as Sibelius, is a famous Finnish musician and a representative of the national music school. He composed 7 symphonies and symphonic poems, an opera and many small works in his life. He started to learn violin and music theory. He graduated from the Helsinki Conservatory of Music and later went to Berlin and Vienna for further studies. He has written many works, embodying passionate patriotism and strong national characteristics, and has been recognized by the world. Sibelius Music Week, an annual international music festival, has been held in Helsinki since 1950. Finland printed his image on the original mark banknotes. Finns often say proudly that although Finland is a small country, it has produced two world celebrities, one is Sibelius and the other is a nine-time Olympic long-distance runner. Gold Medalist Nurmi. Sibelius was born in a small town in Finland. He studied law in Helsinki in his early years and went to Germany to study music at the age of 24. Later he went to Vienna for further study. Three years later, he returned to Finland and composed his first musical poem "Saga" (meaning from an ancient legend), which immediately caused a sensation. His most famous work is the symphonic poem "Ode to Finland", which is composed of the melancholy tunes of Finnish folk songs. Calling for resistance with a dissonant harmony, it is a typical representative of nationalist music and became a clarion call for the Finnish people to resist the rule of Tsarist Russia. The Russian government has banned the performance of "Ode to Finland" in Finland. After Finland became independent, the government immediately awarded Sibelius a lifetime annuity to encourage him to continue writing music for the Finnish nation. He is known as the "soul of the Finnish nation". His representative works include the widely circulated symphonic poem "Ode to Finland", seven symphonies, four symphonic legends (including the famous "The Swan of Tuonela"), violin concerto, and symphonic poem "Saga" (i.e. "Saga"). "The Ancient History of Ice"), "Melancholic Waltz" (a chapter from the dramatic score), string quartet "Inner Voice", and the score for Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". In addition, he also composed a large number of songs, piano music, etc. 1. Boyhood Sibelius was born in a small town in Finland in 1865. His father was a military doctor in a regiment stationed there. As a young boy, Sibelius loved structuring music on the piano and later wrote short works for piano and other solo instruments. When he was fifteen, he took violin lessons from the band teacher. In the summer, Sibelius loved to disappear into the woods all day and night with his violin - those weird Nordic summer nights when the sun didn't set until late in the night, and the darkness was never more mysterious The light is darker at dusk. Sibelius was willing to strive to express on the violin what he felt about the beauty of nature: the fragrant woods with those tall "whispering" trees, the silent lakes and cheerful brooks, and the silvery birds. singing. He also played violin in the school orchestra and chamber music family concerts with his brother and friends. Like many other musicians, Sibelius had wanted to be a lawyer and spent some time studying law at the University of Helfers in Finland. In the end, he decided to devote his entire life to music. He was only twenty-four when he first left his country to study music in Berlin. Later Sibelius went to Vienna, where he earned a great reputation for himself. By the time he returned to Finland three years later, he was already famous for his first great tone poem, "En Saga." The title means "from an ancient legend". 2. The Soul of Finnish National Music Perhaps the greatest nationalist music work is "Ode to Finland" - a tone poem composed of Finnish folk songs, stories and melancholy melodies. Its composer is the great Finn Sibelius . He and Richard Strauss were once called the two great "S"s in modern music. "Ode to Finland" begins with a solemn, dissonant clang of chords calling the people to arms. As long as the Russians occupied Finland, they would not allow this work to be performed for fear that it would incite revolt among the Finns. When Finland finally gained its freedom, the government gave Sibelius an annual pension, allowing him to devote his life to composing music. By the time of Sibelius, the Finns had collected all the ancient Finnish legends from some folk artists and ordinary people in the countryside and compiled them into a rich collection of Finnish legends entitled Kalevala. Sibelius used authentic folk tunes and permeated the spirit of Kalevala into all his works, even the great symphonies. Most of his tone poems paint various parts of "Kalevala" into tone paintings - for example, his "Swans of Tuonera" describes a death area, surrounded by a black river, above which There is a swan that always sings sad songs. That great nationalist tone poem, "Ode to Finland," tells in its notes something about the brave gods and heroes who lived in the dark forests before man could remember, but it tells more about every The love and pride in a countryman's heart. Thanks to subsidies from the Finnish government, Sibelius was able to devote his long quiet years to composing symphonies and tone poems, and the works were permeated with the spirit of ancient Finnish folklore. He had been living in a lovely rural manor twenty miles from the Finnish capital, and he worshiped Beethoven above all other composers. Many believe that the future will place Sibelius's name among the greats of all times, next to Beethoven.

After Sibelius's death, the Finns erected a monument to him in Helsinki, consisting of more than 600 stainless steel pipes, similar to a pipe piano. The Finnish female sculptor Ella Siratunen completed it in just one day. The construction of the monument and the treatment of each steel pipe show different special techniques of Finnish metal processing. The President of Finland once gave the visiting former Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev a model of the monument. The production of this model was much more labor-intensive than the prototype.

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