Surusoitto, or Funeral Music, composed in 1931 is thought to be one of the few links to his destroyedÂ Eighth Symphony, which was to follow his Seventh in C Major, which uniquely has a single movement and was originally called a "fantasia sinfonica".
Strings and a bassoon arpeggio open this composer's Op. 53a, which ends abruptly and violently, presumably with the death of one title figure, Pan and Echo. Surusoitto, or Funeral Music, composed in 1931 is thought to be one of the few links to his destroyedÂ Eighth Symphony, which was to follow his Seventh in C Major, which uniquely has a single movement and was originally called a "fantasia sinfonica". One of his most famous pieces is the third movement of a suite of Four Legends of LemminkÃ¤inen, while another was written as a rousing call for his nation's independence. For 10 points, name this composer, best known for the tone and symphonic poems The Swan of Tuonela and Finlandia. 
Strings and a bassoon arpeggio open this composer's Op. 53a, which ends abruptly and violently, presumably with the death of one title figure, Pan and Echo.
Jean Sibelius