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Orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp.perc - str) SKU: BR.PB-5694 Urtext based on the Complete Edition "Jean Sibelius Works" (JSW). Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Tuija Wicklund. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Symphony; Early modern; Late-romantic. Full score. 96 pages. Duration 40'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5694. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5694). ISBN 9790004216316. 10 x 12.5 inches.In the fall of 1909 Sibelius wrote in his diary: "At Koli! One of the greatest impressions in my life. Plans [for] 'La Montagne'!" These plans proved to be for the Fourth Symphony. The composition process was not an easy one and in the end - according to his diary - Sibelius was "struggling with God!" and only just able to finish the work in time for the premiere in spring 1911: "My new symphony is a total protest against present-day compositions. Nothing - absolutely nothing of the circus [in it]." This extraordinary work was at first found difficult to understand although its technical brilliance was recognized. The appreciation of the Fourth has, however, grown in the course of years.