One of the greatest Scandinavian composers and a truly original figure in twentieth-century music, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) put his native country -- Finland -- on the musical map. According to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, he was, "in the fullest sense of the term a musical patriot who] enriched Finnish music, both officially and spontaneously, with a large number of works likely to form Finland's national art treasures."
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