Swanwhite (Sibelius)

Swanwhite (Svanevit), JS 189, is incidental music for orchestra by Jean Sibelius for a play of that title by August Strindberg. It consists of a horn call and thirteen movements. Sibelius completed it in 1908 and conducted the first performance at Helsinki's Swedish Theatre on 8 April 1908. Sibelius drew from it a suite in seven movements, Op. 54.[1]

Swanwhite
Incidental music by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1913
Catalogue	Op. 54
Composed	1908 (1908)
Performed	8 April 1908 (1908-04-08)
Scoring	orchestra

Literature

Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

References

"Svanevit (Swanwhite) (Incidental music and orchestral suite)". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

Swanwhite, suite, Op.54a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Jean Sibelius
List of compositions
Symphonies	Kullervo (1892) No. 1 in E minor (1899, r.1900) No. 2 in D major (1902) No. 3 in C major (1907) No. 4 in A minor (1911) No. 5 in E-flat major (1915, r.1916, r.1919) No. 6 in D minor (1923) No. 7 in C major (1924) No. 8 (mid 1920s–1938, destroyed)
Concertante	Violin Concerto in D minor (1904, r.1905)
Tone poems	En saga (1892, r.1902) Vårsång (Spring Song) (1894) Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph) (1894-95) Lemminkäinen Suite (1895, r.1897, r.1939) I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island II. The Swan of Tuonela III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela IV. Lemminkäinen's Return Finlandia (1899) Pohjolan tytär (Pohjola's Daughter) (1906) Pan and Echo (1906) Nightride and Sunrise (1909) Dryadi (The Dryad) (1910) Barden (The Bard) (1913) Luonnotar (1913) Aallottaret (The Oceanides) (1914) Tapiola (1926)
Incidental music	Kuningas Kristian II (King Christian II) (1898) Kuolema (Death) (1903) Pelléas et Mélisande (1905) Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's Feast) (1906) Svanevit (Swanwhite) (1908) Ödlan (The Lizard) (1909) Scaramouche (1913) Jedermann (Everyman) (1916) Stormen (The Tempest) (1925)
Operas	Veneen luominen (The Building of the Boat) (1893, abandoned) Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) (1896)
Vocal and Choral	Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891) Academic cantatas (1894/1897) Five Christmas songs (1897) Islossningen i Uleå älv (The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River) (1899) Snöfrid (1900) Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire) (1902) Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen) (1906) Jääkärimarssi (Jäger March) (1917) Oma maa (Our Native Land) (1918)
Piano	Piano Sonata in F major (1893) Kyllikki (1904)
Other compositions	Karelia Music (1893, partially destroyed) Valse triste (1904) Cassazione (1904) Voces intimae (string quartet) (1909) In Memoriam (1910) Rakastava (The Lover) (1911) Andante Festivo (1922/1938)
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