Five Christmas songs (Sibelius)

Five Christmas songs (Viisi joululaulua), Op. 1, are four songs in Swedish and one in Finnish by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The songs were written between 1897 and 1913:^[1]

Nu står jul vid snöig port (Joulupukki kolkuttaa) (Zacharias Topelius, 1913)
Nu så kommer julen (Jo on joulu täällä) (Zacharias Topelius, 1913)
Det mörknar ute (Jo joutuu ilta) (Zacharias Topelius, ca 1897)
Julvisa (Jouluvirsi, En etsi valtaa loistoa) (Zacharias Topelius, 1909)
On hanget korkeat, nietokset (Wilkku Joukahainen, 1901)

References

↑ "Works in order by opus number". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

Jean Sibelius

Operas	Veneen luominen (The Building of the Boat) (1893, abandoned) Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) (1896)

Symphonies	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)

Concerto	Violin Concerto in D minor (1904, r.1905)

Tone poems	En saga (1892, r.1902) Vårsång (Spring Song) (1894) Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph) (1894-5) 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) 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)

Vocal and Choral	Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891) Kullervo (1892) 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) Luonnotar (1913) 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)

Related articles	Family (Aino Sibelius, Armas Järnefelt, Arvid Järnefelt, Eero Järnefelt) Ainola Teachers (Martin Wegelius, Robert Fuchs, Karl Goldmark) Pupils (Leevi Madetoja, Toivo Kuula) Friends (Robert Kajanus, Ferruccio Busoni, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Adolf Paul) Santeri Levas Finlandia Hymn Kalevala Erik Tawaststjerna International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Sibelius (2003 film) Sibelius Academy Sibelius Monument

List of compositions by Jean Sibelius

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