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Pieces for organ
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1927)
Catalogue	JS 153
Opus	111, 113
Composed	1925 (1925)–1931

Late in his career from 1925 to 1931, the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote four pieces for solo organ chronologically as follows: Intrada, Op. 111a (1925); Preludium, JS 153/1 (1926); Postludium, JS 153/2 (1926); and Funeral Music (in Finnish: Surusoitto), Op. 111b (1931) Two additional pieces by Sibelius that have entered the organ repertoire are the Opening Hymn (Avaushymni) and Marche funèbre (Surumarssi or Funeral March), which the composer wrote in 1927 as part of the Masonic Ritual Music (Vapaamuurareiden rituaalimusiikkia, Op. 113); nevertheless, each piece can be performed as a standalone work.

History

Music

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References

Sources

• Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
• Dahlström, Fabian [in Finnish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.