shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Interviews | November 19, 2009

Dave: IMG Finding John Irving: The Powells.com Interview



johnirving[Editor's note: The following is a reprint of our 2005 interview with John Irving, whose new novel, Last Night in Twisted River, has just come out... Continue »
  1. $19.60 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

Jean Sibelius

by Guy Rickards

Jean Sibelius Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Jean Sibelius (1865 — 1957) is one of the most popular and prominent composers to have emerged from Northern Europe. In his native Finland he achieved monumental status, and his orchestral works are staples of the repertoire. For so public a figure, however, much of his life has been shrouded in mystery, particularly the compositional silence of his last three decades. This study shows that Sibelius was plagued by nerves and self-doubt, frequently seeking refuge in alcohol, and that the long creative silence was in reality bound up with the composition of an eighth symphony which he was ultimately to destroy. This is the first single-volume biography on Sibelius in English to be published in nearly a decade, and it includes much new material not previously available.

Synopsis:

This is the first single volume biography on the Finn Jean Sibelius, published in English to be published in nearly a decade. Sibelius is the most prominent and popular composer to have emerged from Northern Europe.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780714847764
Author:
Rickards, Guy
Publisher:
Phaidon Press
Subject:
Composers & Musicians - Classical Composers
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Classical
Subject:
Instruction & Study - Composition
Subject:
Composers
Subject:
Finland
Subject:
Sibelius, Jean
Subject:
Composers - Finland
Series:
20th Century Composers
Publication Date:
April 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.61x6.47x.64 in. .78 lbs.

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.