Swanwhite (Svanevit), Op. 54, is incidental music for orchestra by Jean Sibelius for a play of that name by August Strindberg. It consists of a horn call and thirteen movements. Sibelius completed it in 1908 and conducted the first performance at Helsinki's Swedish Theatre on 8 April 1908. Sibelius drew from it a suite in seven movements, Op. 54a.
Librettist | (for a play of that name by August Strindberg) |
Date of composition | 1908 |
Premiered | 1908, April 8th (Swedish Theatre) in Helsinki, Finland by Jean Sibelius |
First published | 1909 |
Type | Suite |
Catalogue | Op. 54a |
Instruments | Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Jean Sibelius: Swanwhite, Op. 54a "Svanevit" Jean Sibelius: Swanwhite, Op. 54a "Svanevit" Jean Sibelius: Swanwhite, Op. 54a "Svanevit" |