Two Songs, Op. 35 (Sibelius) Explained

Six Songs, Op. 35
Type:	Song collection
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Language:	Swedish
Opus:	35

The Two Songs, Op. 35, is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written in 1908 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Though considered "masterpieces", the two songs are among the "strangest" songs in Sibelius's oeuvre. "Swedish: Jubal|italics=no" (No. 1), furthermore, anticipates Luonnotar, the tone poem for soprano and orchestra (Op. 70, 1913).

Constituent songs

Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 35 songs are as follows:

• "Swedish: Jubal|italics=no", Op. 35/1; text by the Swedish poet Ernst Josephson
• "Swedish: Teodora|italics=no", Op. 35/2; text by the Finnish poet Bertel Gripenberg

The songs were first published in 1910 by the German firm of Breitkopf & Härtel. The table below provides additional information about each song:

Song	Tempo	Time	Key	Premiere
Soloist	Pianist	Date	Venue
	Tranquillo assai						Finnish National Theatre
	Moderato

Notes, references, and sources

Sources

• Book: Barnett, Andrew. Sibelius. 2007. New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-16397-1.
• Book: Dahlström, Fabian.

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  . Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke. Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works. 2003. Breitkopf & Härtel. Wiesbaden. de. 3-7651-0333-0.
• Book: Layton, Robert. Robert Layton (musicologist). Sibelius. 4th. (The Master Musicians Series). 1993. 1965. New York. Schirmer Books. 0028713222.