Sibelius Jean

Si·be·li·us

(sĭ-bā′lē-əs, -bāl′yəs), Jean 1865-1957.

Finnish composer whose romantic nationalistic works include the symphonic poems Finlandia (1899) and Valse Triste (1903).

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