{"product_id":"19720-sibelius-jean-symphony-vi-autograph-musical-quotation-signed","title":"Sibelius, Jean. (1865-1957) \"Symphony VI\" - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAutograph Musical Quotation Signed, three bars from his Symphony No. 6  notated on a hand-drawn stave, with holograph title, signed \"Jean Sibelius\" on verso of his printed visiting card. 1 3\/4 x 3 1\/4 inches [8.5 x 4.5 cm]; adhesive from mount covering most of printed verso text, else fine. Autograph musical quotations from Sibelius are very uncommon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003eSymphony No. 6\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003eD minor\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eOp\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. 104, was a work of long gestation completed by \u003c\/span\u003eJean Sibelius\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e in 1923. Although the score does not contain a key attribution, the symphony is usually described as being in D minor; much of it is in fact in the (modern) \u003c\/span\u003eDorian mode\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e The composer called the work \"cold spring water\" in opposition to many contemporary \"cocktails\"—a reference to the modernist gestures in post-war music. The symphony was premiered by the \u003c\/span\u003eHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923 and had other performances under his direction in the following months. I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003en his interview in the \u003c\/span\u003eSvenska Dagbladet\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e after a performance of the Sixth in Stockholm in March 1923, the composer stated: \"I do not think of a symphony only as music in this or that number of bars, but rather as an expression of a spiritual creed, a phase in one's inner life.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of William Kozlenko (1907 - 1984), playwright, screenwriter, and editor of multiple stage-play compilations and anthologies, as well as being a founding editor of One-Act Play Magazine, which published from 1937–1942, and a co-founder of the One-Act Repertory Theater. His best-known editorial compilations include \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Disputed Works of William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e and the 1938 collection\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Best Short Plays of the Social Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, which included contemporary works such as Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, and W.H. Auden's and Christopher Isherwood's The Dog Beneath the Skin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093725499551,"sku":"19720","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19720_Sibelius_2C_Jean_AMQS.jpg?v=1722189930","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19720-sibelius-jean-symphony-vi-autograph-musical-quotation-signed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}