Five Christmas songs

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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]

1. Nu står jul vid snöig port (Joulupukki kolkuttaa) (Zacharias Topelius, 1913)
2. Nu så kommer julen (Jo on joulu täällä) (Zacharias Topelius, 1913)
3. Det mörknar ute (Jo joutuu ilta) (Zacharias Topelius, ca 1897)
4. Julvisa (Jouluvirsi, En etsi valtaa loistoa) (Zacharias Topelius, 1909); original Swedish title: Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt[2]
5. On hanget korkeat, nietokset (Wilkku Joukahainen, 1901)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Works in order by opus number". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. ^ cf.

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* List of compositions
* Discography of symphony cycles

Symphonies|

* Kullervo (1892)
* Symphony No. 1 (1899, rev. 1900)
* Symphony No. 2 (1902)
* Symphony No. 3 (1907)
* Symphony No. 4 (1911)
* Symphony No. 5 (1915, rev. 1916, 1919)
* Symphony No. 6 (1923)
* Symphony No. 7 (1924)
* Symphony No. 8 (mid 1920s–c. 1938, abandoned)

Concertante|

* Violin Concerto (1904, rev. 1905)
* Two Serenades (1912–1913)
* Two Serious Melodies (1914–1915)
* Six Humoresques (1917–1918, No. 1 rev. 1940)
* Suite for Violin and String Orchestra (1929)

Tone poems|

* En saga (1892, rev. 1902)
* Spring Song (1894, rev. 1895)
* The Wood Nymph (1895)
* Lemminkäinen Suite
* 1895, rev. 1897, 1900, 1939; includes The Swan of Tuonela
* Finlandia (1899)
* Pohjola's Daughter (1906)
* Nightride and Sunrise (1909)
* The Dryad (1910)
* The Bard (1913)
* Luonnotar (1913)
* The Oceanides (1914, rev. 1914)
* Tapiola (1926)

Opera & theatre|

* The Building of the Boat (1893–1894, abandoned)
* The Maiden in the Tower (1896)
* King Christian II (1898)
* Kuolema
* 1903; includes Valse triste
* Pelléas et Mélisande (1905)
* Belshazzar's Feast (1906)
* Swanwhite (1908)
* The Lizard (1909)
* The Language of the Birds (1911)
* Scaramouche (1913)
* Everyman (1916)
* The Tempest (1925)

Cantatas|

* Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894
* Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II (1896)
* Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897
* The Origin of Fire (1902, rev. 1910)
* The Captive Queen (1906)
* My Own Land (1918)
* Song of the Earth (1919)
* Hymn of the Earth (1920)
* Väinämöinen's Song (1926)

Other voice(s) & orchestra|

* The Rapids-Rider's Brides (1897)
* The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River (1899)
* Snöfrid (1900)
* Marjatta (1905, abandoned)
* Impromptu (1902, rev. 1910)
* The Raven (1910, abandoned)

Other orchestral|

* Karelia Suite (1893)
* Rakastava (1894, arr. 1912)
* Overture in A minor (1902)
* Cassazione (1904, rev. 1905)
* Pan and Echo (1906)
* In memoriam (1909, rev. 1910)
* Suite mignonne (1921)
* Suite champêtre (1922)
* Suite caractéristique (1922)

String quartets|

* String Quartet in E-flat major (1885)
* String Quartet in A minor (1889)
* String Quartet in B-flat major (1890)
* String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae (1909)
* Andante festivo (1922, orch. 1938)

Piano trios|

* Piano Trio in A minor, Hafträsk (1886)
* Piano Trio in D major, Korpo (1887)
* Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa (1888)

Other chamber|

* Water Droplets (c. 1875–1881)
* Pieces for brass septet (1889–1899)
* Piano Quintet (1890)
* Malinconia (1900)
* Violin Sonatina (1915)

Piano|

* Six Impromptus (1893)
* Piano Sonata (1893)
* Ten Pieces, Op. 24 (1895–1903)
* Kyllikki (1904)
* Three Sonatinas (1912)
* The Bells of Kallio Church (1912, arr. 1912)
* Two Rondinos (1912)
* Five Pieces, The Trees, Op. 75 (1914)
* Five Pieces, The Flowers, Op. 85 (1916–1917)
* Five Esquisses (1929)

Songs|

* Serenad, JS 168 (1894–95)
* Höstkväll, Op. 38/1 (1903, orch. 1904)
* Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891–1904)
* Kom nu hit, död, Op. 60/1 (1909, orch. 1957)
* Arioso, Op. 3 (1911)
* Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (1897–1913)

Choral works|

* Hymn, Op. 21 (1896, rev. 1898)
* Songs for Mixed Chorus from the 1897 Promotional Cantata (arr. 1898)
* Finlandia Hymn (1899, arr. 1938–1940)
* Six Partsongs, Op. 18 (1893–1901)
* Jäger March (1917)

Family|

* Ainola (home)
* Aino Sibelius (wife)
* Ruth Snellman [fi] (daughter)
* Heidi Blomstedt (daughter)
* Christian Sibelius (brother)
* Aulis Blomstedt (son-in-law)
* Jussi Jalas (son-in-law)
* Jussi Snellman [fi] (son-in-law)
* Alexander Järnefelt (father-in-law)
* Elisabeth Järnefelt (mother-in-law)
* Armas Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Arvid Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Eero Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Kasper Järnefelt [fi] (brother-in-law)

Teachers|

* Helsinki Music Institute: Martin Wegelius (theory, composition)
* Mitrofan Vasiliev (violin)
* Hermann Csillag [de] (violin)
* Post-graduate studies: Albert Becker
* Robert Fuchs
* Karl Goldmark

Pupils|

* Toivo Kuula
* Leevi Madetoja
* Bengt de Törne [fi]

Colleagues & friends|

* Juhani Aho
* Aino Ackté
* Granville Bantock
* Ferruccio Busoni
* Axel Carpelan [fi] (patron)
* Olin Downes
* Ida Ekman
* Richard Faltin [fi]
* Ida Flodin [fi]
* Karl Flodin [fi]
* Akseli Gallen-Kallela
* Heikki Klemetti [fi]
* Santeri Levas (secretary)
* Erkki Melartin
* Oskar Merikanto
* Rosa Newmarch
* Abraham Ojanperä
* Selim Palmgren
* Adolf Paul
* Wilhelm Stenhammar
* Karl Wasenius [fi]

Select interpreters|

* Sir Thomas Beecham
* Paavo Berglund
* Sir Colin Davis
* Neeme Järvi
* Paavo Järvi
* Robert Kajanus
* Herbert von Karajan
* Serge Koussevitzky
* Hannu Lintu
* Sakari Oramo
* Eugene Ormandy
* Sir Simon Rattle
* Jukka-Pekka Saraste
* Georg Schnéevoigt
* Leif Segerstam
* Leopold Stokowski
* Osmo Vänskä

Select biographers|

* Fabian Dahlström [fi]
* Karl Ekman [fi]
* Erik Furuhjelm [fi]
* Glenda Dawn Goss
* Cecil Gray
* Robert Layton
* Nils-Eric Ringbom [fi]
* Erik W. Tawaststjerna

Namesakes|

* International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
* Jean Sibelius Quartet
* Sibelius (2003 film)
* Sibelius (scorewriter)
* Sibelius Academy
* Sibelius Academy Quartet
* Sibelius Glacier
* Sibelius Hall
* Sibelius Medal
* Sibelius Monument
* Sibelius Museum
* Sibelius Piano Trio
* Sibelius Society of Finland
* 1405 Sibelius (asteroid)
* Wihuri Sibelius Prize

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