This composer's second symphony grows out of a rising three-note motif first introduced in 6/4 time, and the second movement of that symphony was originally meant to depict Death meeting Don Juan.
In one of his compositions, the soprano soloist describes a virgin wandering the skies who tires of her loneliness and descends to the sea, which impregnates her. This composer's second symphony grows out of a rising three-note motif first introduced in 6/4 time, and the second movement of that symphony was originally meant to depict Death meeting Don Juan. His last major work was a tone poem depicting a (*) forest spirit. This composer of En Saga, Luonnotar, and Tapiola wrote his seventh and last symphony in only one movement. Another work by this composer uses the English horn to depict a bird sailing across a river in the underworld in the movement "The Swan of Tuonela." For 10 points, name this composer of the Lemminkainen Suite, who hails from Finland.
In one of his compositions, the soprano soloist describes a virgin wandering the skies who tires of her loneliness and descends to the sea, which impregnates her.
Jean Sibelius