This composer wrote a piano suite beginning with the movements "The Oak" and "TheHumoreske" based on music he wrote for a Shakespeare play.
This composer wrote a piano suite beginning with the movements "The Oak" and "TheHumoreske" based on music he wrote for a Shakespeare play. Donald Francis Tovey used the phrase"a polonaise for polar bears" to describe the finale of his Violin Concerto in D minor, which waspremiered by Jascha Heifetz. Besides incidental music for The Tempest, other incidental music hewrote includes some for the play (*) Kuolema, which includes his Valse Triste. In one piece by him,strings depict shimmering water while an English horn soloist depicts the title bird swimming in theunderworld. For 10 points, name this composer of the Kalevala-inspired Lemminkainen Suite and ofFinlandia.
This composer wrote a piano suite beginning with the movements "The Oak" and "TheHumoreske" based on music he wrote for a Shakespeare play.
Jean Sibelius [or Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]