The Bard Music Festival is featuring composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) this year. Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius. Originally hailed as a new Beethoven by much of the Anglo-Saxon world, he was also widely disparaged by critics more receptive to newer trends in music.
The concerts, lectures, and panel discussions of the festival are complemented by a book of related articles, essays, and letters edited by a prominent music scholar. Princeton University Press is pleased to announce:
Jean Sibelius and His World
Edited by Daniel M. Grimley
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9592.html
You can find more information about the Bard Music Festival and activities this weekend at:
http://fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/2011/
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Kudos to PUP for producing a handy and informative volume of this all- too- often derided and misunderstood composer.