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Tone poem by Jean Sibelius
The Dryad
(in
Finnish
:
Dryadi
),
Op
. 45/1, is a
tone poem
for orchestra written in 1910 by the Finnish composer
Jean Sibelius
. He completed it between skiing trips. He conducted the first performance in
Kristiania
(now Oslo), Norway, on 8 October 1910, together with the premiere of
In memoriam
. He arranged it for piano in 1910 (
Die Dryade
). The piece has been regarded as one of the composer's "shortest and most original orchestral works", as an "impressionist miniature", proceeding from fragments to a "dance-like theme".
Structure
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The work is scored for
piccolo
, 2
flutes
, 2
oboes
, 2
clarinets
(in B
♭
),
bass clarinet
(in B
♭
), 2
bassoons
, 4
horns
(in F), 3
trumpets
(in B
♭
), 3
trombones
,
tuba
,
tambourine
,
castanets
,
snare drum
,
bass drum
and
strings
.
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Discography
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The Finnish conductor
Nils-Eric Fougstedt
and the
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
made the world premiere studio recording of
The Dryad
in 1959 for the
Society of Finnish Composers
[
fi
]
(in Finnish:
Suomen Saveltajat
).
The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
In addition, the Finnish pianist
Erik T. Tawaststjerna
made the world premiere studio recording of Sibelius's piano transcription of
The Dryad
in 1987 for
BIS
. The table below includes this and other commercially available recordings:
Notes, references, and sources
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- Notes
- References
- Sources
External links
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Symphonies
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Concertante
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Tone poems
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Opera & theatre
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Cantatas
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Other voice(s) & orchestra
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Other orchestral
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String quartets
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Piano trios
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Other chamber
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Piano
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Songs
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- Seven Runeberg Songs
, Op. 13
(1891?1892)
- "Serenad", JS 168
(1894?1895)
- Six Songs, Op. 36
(1899?1900)
- Five Songs, Op. 37
(1900?1902)
- Seven Songs, Op. 17
(1891?1904)
- Five Songs, Op. 38
(1903?1904; includes "
Hostkvall
")
- Six Songs, Op. 50
(1906)
- Two Songs, Op. 35
(1908)
- "Kom nu hit, dod", Op. 60/1
(1909,
orch.
1957)
- "Arioso", Op. 3
(1911)
- Five Christmas Songs
, Op. 1
(1897?1913; includes "
Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt
")
- Six Runeberg Songs
, Op. 90
(1917)
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