Tomi Mäkelä
(*1964)
Poesie in der Luft
Jean Sibelius. Studien zu Leben und Werk
ドイツ語
For more than 40 years now, Tomi Mäkelä’s book has been the most comprehensive original publication in German on the life and works of Jean Sibelius. It contains many little-known illustrations as well as iconographic material found nowhere else.
Description
For more than 40 years now, Tomi Mäkelä’s book has been the most comprehensive original publication in German on the life and works of Jean Sibelius. It contains many little-known illustrations as well as iconographic material found nowhere else. An extensive depiction of the most important currents in the Sibelius reception of the 20th century as well as a chronology of Sibelius’s life close the lengthy volume. “Poesie in der Luft” is an attempt to grasp Sibelius and his compositional legacy from the perspective of his cultivated background and his regional origins, which were far from provincial. The author sketches the highly complex psychogram of a modern artist. The composer’s self-discovery can easily be compared with that of other artists of his generation. Mäkelä’s results oblige us to rethink the depiction of Sibelius as a kind of exotic naïf and nature lover, and to see in a new light his creative individuality, which consciously guided itself on the Central European currents of the time. In the focus of the author's commentaries on the works are the symphonic, chamber-music and vocal genres, with which Sibelius obtained international recognition.
BV 363
EAN: 9783765103636
512 pages / 17.5 x 24.5 cm / 1180 g / hardcover
Description
Description
For more than 40 years now, Tomi Mäkelä’s book has been the most comprehensive original publication in German on the life and works of Jean Sibelius. It contains many little-known illustrations as well as iconographic material found nowhere else. An extensive depiction of the most important currents in the Sibelius reception of the 20th century as well as a chronology of Sibelius’s life close the lengthy volume. “Poesie in der Luft” is an attempt to grasp Sibelius and his compositional legacy from the perspective of his cultivated background and his regional origins, which were far from provincial. The author sketches the highly complex psychogram of a modern artist. The composer’s self-discovery can easily be compared with that of other artists of his generation. Mäkelä’s results oblige us to rethink the depiction of Sibelius as a kind of exotic naïf and nature lover, and to see in a new light his creative individuality, which consciously guided itself on the Central European currents of the time. In the focus of the author's commentaries on the works are the symphonic, chamber-music and vocal genres, with which Sibelius obtained international recognition.
