Scaramouche (Sibelius)

Scaramouche
Incidental music by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1913
Catalogue	Op. 72
Composed	1913 (1913)
Performed	12 May 1922 (1922-05-12)
Scoring	piano orchestra

Scaramouche, Op. 72, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius for a tragic pantomime by Poul Knudsen (1889–1974). Sibelius composed the work in 1913. It was first performed at Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen on 12 May 1922, conducted by Georg Höeberg.^[1]^[2]

Literature

Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

References

↑ "Incidental music / Op. 71 Scaramouche". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
↑ Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. pp. 236–237.

External links

Scaramouche, Op.71: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Jean Sibelius / Scaramouche, incidental music for a tragic pantomime for piano & orchestra, Op. 71 AllMusic
"Scaramouche, op. 71" at MusicBrainz (information & list of recordings)

Jean Sibelius

Operas	Veneen luominen (The Building of the Boat) (1893, abandoned) Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) (1896)

Symphonies	No. 1 in E minor (1899, r.1900) No. 2 in D major (1902) No. 3 in C major (1907) No. 4 in A minor (1911) No. 5 in E-flat major (1915, r.1916, r.1919) No. 6 in D minor (1923) No. 7 in C major (1924) No. 8 (mid 1920s–1938, destroyed)

Concerto	Violin Concerto in D minor (1904, r.1905)

Tone poems	En saga (1892, r.1902) Vårsång (Spring Song) (1894) Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph) (1894-5) Lemminkäinen Suite (1895, r.1897, r.1939) I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island II. The Swan of Tuonela III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela IV. Lemminkäinen's Return Finlandia (1899) Pohjolan tytär (Pohjola's Daughter) (1906) Pan and Echo (1906) Nightride and Sunrise (1909) Dryadi (The Dryad) (1910) Barden (The Bard) (1913) Aallottaret (The Oceanides) (1914) Tapiola (1926)

Incidental music	Kuningas Kristian II (King Christian II) (1898) Kuolema (Death) (1903) Pelléas et Mélisande (1905) Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's Feast) (1906) Svanevit (Swanwhite) (1908) Ödlan (The Lizard) (1909) Scaramouche (1913) Jedermann (Everyman) (1916) Stormen (The Tempest) (1925)

Vocal and Choral	Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891) Kullervo (1892) Academic cantatas (1894/1897) Five Christmas songs (1897) Islossningen i Uleå älv (The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River) (1899) Snöfrid (1900) Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire) (1902) Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen) (1906) Luonnotar (1913) Jääkärimarssi (Jäger March) (1917) Oma maa (Our Native Land) (1918)

Piano	Piano Sonata in F major (1893) Kyllikki (1904)

Other compositions	Karelia Music (1893, partially destroyed) Valse triste (1904) Cassazione (1904) Voces intimae (string quartet) (1909) In Memoriam (1910) Rakastava (The Lover) (1911) Andante Festivo (1922/1938)

Related articles	Family (Aino Sibelius, Armas Järnefelt, Arvid Järnefelt, Eero Järnefelt) Ainola Teachers (Martin Wegelius, Robert Fuchs, Karl Goldmark) Pupils (Leevi Madetoja, Toivo Kuula) Friends (Robert Kajanus, Ferruccio Busoni, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Adolf Paul) Santeri Levas Finlandia Hymn Kalevala Erik Tawaststjerna International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Sibelius (2003 film) Sibelius Academy Sibelius Monument

List of compositions by Jean Sibelius

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