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| Id |
18149 |
| Category |
second-hand music |
| Author / Composer |
SIBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957) |
| Title |
Symfoni No.6 [Op.104] för Stor Orkester. Partitur. |
| Place |
Stockholm |
| Publisher |
Abr. Hirschs Förlag |
| Publication Date |
[1924] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
2712 |
| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. 87pp. |
| Description |
Cloth. Dedicated to Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (1871-1927). From the library of Ernest Read (1879-1965) with a note in his hand stating that the work was completed in 1924, together with a statement regarding Beecham’s performance of the symphony at the Proms. The sixth symphony, described by the composer as "pure spring water" was first performed on 19 February 1923; Sibelius had been drinking heavily, and at a performance a few months after the première he caused a scandal when he conducted the work in Göteborg whilst drunk. Later in the year, deeply depressed, he wrote in his diary: "Alcohol, which I gave up, is now my most faithful companion. And the most understanding! Everything and everyone else have largely failed me". |
| Reference |
First edition. Dahlström p.437. |
| Price |
£475.00 |
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