Jean Sibelius, born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as his country's greatest composer and, through his music, is often credited with having helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for independence from Russia. (Intro from Wikipedia)
December 8, 1865 - Hämeenlinna, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire - Johan Julius Christian Sibelius is born
July 7, 1868 - Hämeenlinna - Jean's father, Doctor Christian Gustaf Sibelius, dies of typhoid fever. His mother, Maria Sibelius, pregnant and dependent on a small widow's pension, moves with her children into her mother's house
January(?) 1(?), 1872 - Hämeenlinna - Enrolls in Mlle. Eva Savonius's swedish-language preparatory school
January(?) 1(?), 1873 - Hämeenlinna - 7-year-old Jean begins piano lessons with his aunt Julia
January(?) 1(?), 1874 - Hämeenlinna - Attends Lucina Hagman's finnish-speaking preparatory school
January(?) 1(?), 1875 - Hämeenlinna - Sibelius' uncle Pehr Ferdinand Sibelius gives the boy a violin
October 1(?), 1875 - Hämeenlinna - 10-year-old Sibelius attends a concert by swedish harp virtuoso, Adolf Sjödén
January(?) 1(?), 1876 - Hämeenlinna - Continues his education at Hämeenlinna Normal  |
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Lyceum October(?) 1(?), 1880 - Hämeenlinna - Starts taking violin lessons with the former leader of Hämeenlinna's military band, Gustaf Levander
January(?) 1(?), 1881 - Hämeenlinna - Records on paper his short pizzicato piece "vattendroppar (water drops)" for violin and cello
June 19, 1881 - Hämeenlinna - Letter to his uncle Pehr Sibelius: "“I want so much to learn to play the violin . . . I would also like to learn to play the violoncello!”
August 1(?), 1883 - Hämeenlinna - Sibelius writes in a letter that he composed a trio and was working in another
November 30, 1884 - Hämeenlinna - Letter to uncle Pehr, describing his musical "debut"
July 10, 1885 - Hämeenlinna - Letter to uncle Pehr: "Dear Uncle! (…) Yesterday I played out on the hill, on top of the large boulder which you saw, and I imagined that the entire hill was an orchestra. The crows were oboes, magpies bassoons, gulls clarinets, thrushes violas, chiffchaffs violins, doves cellos, song thrushes flutes, the farm rooster the conductor and the pig a percussionist. You can only imagine what a dangerous situation it was and how I had to retreat in haste, because the violas began messing me. I moved to another place a little lower, but it was even worse. They tried indeed to shout me down, but I gave them what they deserved, Your very own, Janne"
August(?) 1(?), 1885 - Helsinki, Finland - After graduating from High School, Sibelius moves to Helsinki with his mother, his Aunt Evelina and his sister Linda. He begins studying Law at the Imperial Alexander University and enrolls in the Helsinki Music Institute, beginning to take violin lessons there with Mitrofan Timofeyevich Wasiljeff
September 15, 1885 - Helsinki - In the Summer, he moves to Helsinki with his mother, his Aunt Evelina and his sister Linda. He enrolls in the Helsinki Music Institute, due to his interest in music and begins taking violin lessons there with Mitrofan Timofeyevich Wasiljeff
July(?) 1(?), 1886 - Houtskär | Korpo - Summer in the Southwestern Finnish Archipelago, where he writes the "Korpo" Trio
April(?) 1(?), 1887 - Helsinki, Finland - In the Spring, Sibelius begins composition lessons with Martin Wegelius
May 21, 1887 - Helsinki - Wasiljeff plays a trio by Carl Goldmark in a Music Institute concert, then vanishes. He is replaced by Hermann Csillag
May 31, 1888 - Helsinki - Premiere of the Sibelius's "Theme and Variations in C-sharp Minor", conducted by Csillag and with the Sibelius brothers and Anna Tigerstedt playing. Sibelius is applauded and called back several times =(START)
July(?) 1(?), 1888 - Loviisa, Finland - Summer in Loviisa, where he writes the "Loviisa" Trio
October(?) 1(?), 1888 - Helsinki - Meets 17-year-old Aino Järnefelt, daughter of General Alexander Järnefelt, the Governor of Vaasa, and Elisabeth Clodt von Jürgensburg, a Baltic aristocrat
May 30, 1889 - Helsinki - The "Nya Pressen" announces the most recent travel awards conferred by the Grand Duchy's Senate: 3,000 marks each went to Axel Gallén and Emil Wikström; 2,000 marks apiece were awarded to “music students I. H. R. Krohn and J. C. J. Sibelius.”
May 31, 1889 - Helsinki - Completes his studies at the Helsinki Music Institute
September 1(?), 1889 - Helsinki - Sibelius boards the steamer "Storfursten" to Germany, feeling the first symptoms of syphilis
September 5(?), 1889 - Lübeck, Germany - Boards a train to Berlin
September 10, 1889 - Berlin, Germany - Sibelius arrives in Berlin to begin his studies
November 11, 1889 - Weimar, Germany - Attends the Premiere of Richard Strauss's "Don Juan"
December 18(?), 1889 - Leipzig, Germany - Visit to Leipzig
December 24, 1889 - Berlin, Germany - Letter to his mother assuring her that he was feeling better (from syphilis)
February 11, 1890 - Berlin - Sibelius attends a performance of "Aino", conducted by the composer himself, Robert Kajanus
June 1(?), 1890 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki, via Lübeck and Stockholm
July(?) 1(?), 1890 - Helsinki - Sibelius and Aino Järnefelt are engaged in the Summer
October 1(?), 1890 - Lübeck, Germany - Boards a train to Berlin
October 11, 1890 - While in Berlin - Performance of Sibelius's Quintet in G Minor in Turku
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| Sibelius in Vienna |
October 25, 1890 - Vienna, Austria - Sibelius arrives in Vienna to continue his studies with Robert Fuchs and Karl GoldmarkNovember 22, 1890 - Vienna - Letter to Aino: "They are, like everyone in my family except me, very religious. I like it so much. Yet they are so sensitive. Their religiosity (especially my Mother’s and Aunt’s) is also not of the doctrinaire kind, from what I understand. They don’t talk of the cold, dogmatic—but they are a little bit like Topelius [meaning childlike]"
December 1(?), 1890 - Vienna - Letter to his sisters, complaining that they still had not congratulated him on his engagement
December 13, 1890 - Vienna - Letter to Aino
December 24, 1890 - Vienna - Letter to Aino: "I'm thinking of doing the thing [Kullervo] much more 'realistically' than before. In Realism there is also music"
January 8, 1891 - Vienna - Letter to Aino
April 13, 1891 - Vienna - Hears Beethoven's 9th symphony and is moved to tears
April 14, 1891 - Vienna - Attends Mascagni's new opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"
June 1(?), 1891 - Vienna - Departs to Finland
June 15(?), 1891 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki, via Prague, Berlin, Lübeck, Hanko and Tallinn
June 20(?), 1891 - Loviisa, Finland - Returns to the house in Loviisa to work on "Kullervo". He puts an advertisement in the newspaper and begins teaching violin and music theory to some pupils
August 21, 1891 - Ekenäs, Finland - Performs as a violinist in Ekenäs with pianist Karl Ekman
January 1(?), 1892 - Helsinki, Finland - Moves to Helsinki. Sibelius takes teaching assignments at the Music Institute and at Kajanus's conducting school to pay his way
April 28, 1892 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Kullervo"
June 10, 1892 - Maxmo (Maksamaa), Finland - Jean Sibelius marries Aino Järnefelt
June 15(?), 1892- Karelia - Honeymoon in Karelia
December 10, 1892 - Helsinki, Finland(?) - Letter to Adolf Paul: “I have a ‘Saga’ ready for orchestra. You ought to be attracted by it. It’s delirious. I was thinking of Böcklin’s pictures [when I composed it]. He does paint the air too bright, the swans too white, and the sea too blue and so on.”
December 15(?), 1892 - Hämeenlinna - Sibelius attends his grandmother's (Katarina Borg) funeral. (She dies on December 4th). Last visit to his Hämeenlinna home before it was sold
February 16, 1893 - Helsinki - Performance of the extended version of "En Saga"
March 1(?), 1893 - Helsinki - Unsucessful performances of "Kullervo" in March
March 10, 1893 - Helsinki - Daughter Eva is born
April 1(?), 1893 - Helsinki(?) - Premiere of the Choral work "Väinämöinen's boat ride"
October 31, 1893 - Helsinki - Letter to Adolf Paul
November 13, 1893 - Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia) - Performance of the full version of "Karelia"
November 18, 1893 - Viipuri - Performance of the full version of "Karelia"
November 19, 1893 - Helsinki - Performance of the full version of "Karelia"
November 23, 1893 - Helsinki - Performance of the full version of "Karelia"
February 17, 1894 - Turku, Finland - Conducts his works in Turku
June 21, 1894 - Vaasa, Finland - Premiere of Vårsång (Spring Song)
July 10(?), 1894 - Helsinki - Departs to Bayreuth to become better acquainted with Richard Wagner's music
July 14(?), 1894 - Lübeck, Germany - Boards a train to Hamburg
July 15(?), 1894 - Hamburg, Germany - On his way to Bayreuth
July 16(?), 1894 - Cologne, Germany - On his way to Bayreuth
July 17(?), 1894 - Mainz, Germany - On his way to Bayreuth
July 19(?), 1894 - Nuremberg, Germany - On his way to Bayreuth
July 20(?), 1894 - Bayreuth, Germany - Arrives in Bayreth in the Summer
July 23, 1894 - Bayreuth - Letter to Aino: "I am so happy to be able to view paintings in Munich and in particular those of [Franz von] Stuck that Erik [Eero Järnefelt] has pictures of. I will now surely save [money] so that before returning home I will get to Italy – to Venezia. (… ) I will take a ‘gallery’ at the opera. I will sit there in my shirtsleeves and enjoy. I am now fully restored to my old self. I will have to try to get out a little every year. Then I will be as I used to be"
August 19, 1894 - Bayreuth, Germany - Letter to Aino
September 1(?), 1894 - Bayreuth - Departs to Venice, Italy
September 2(?), 1894 - Nuremberg - On his way to Venice
September 3(?), 1894 - Munich - On his way to Venice
September 4(?), 1894 - Innsbruck, Austria - On his way to Venice
September 5(?), 1894 - Verona, Italy - On his way to Venice
September 6(?), 1894 - Venice, Italy - Arrives in Venice, Italy
September 10(?), 1894 - Verona - On his way back to Finland
September 11(?), 1894 - Innsbruck - On his way back to Finland
September 12(?), 1894 - Munich - On his way back to Finland
September 13(?), 1894 - Nuremberg - On his way back to Finland
September 15(?), 1894 - Leipzig - On his way back to Finland
September 16(?), 1894 - Berlin - On his way back to Finland
September 18(?), 1894 - Stettin - Boards a boat to Helsinki
September 22(?), 1894 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki
November 23, 1894 - Helsinki - Daughter Ruth is born
January(?) 1(?), 1895 - Helsinki - Enrolls at the Helsinki Music Institute
March 9, 1895 - Helsinki(?) - Unnoficial premiere of "The Wood Nymph" at a lottery ball benefiting the Finnish Theatre
April 17, 1895 - Helsinki - Premiere of "The Wood Nymph" and performance of Vårsång (Spring Song)
April 19, 1895 - Helsinki - Performance of "The Wood Nymph" and Vårsång (Spring Song)
April 13, 1896 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Lemminkäinen Suite"
April 14, 1896 - Helsinki - Influenced by the composer Robert Kajanus, who was campaigning to win the appointment of university music director, the "Nya Pressen" publishes a negative review of the "Lemminkäinen Suite", saying that there was "too much music"
May 1(?), 1896 - Helsinki - The conductor of Academic Orchestra of the Imperial Alexander University, Richard Faltin, takes a leave of absence and announces his intention to retire. Sibelius begins filling his position while the university conducts an official search for a replacement
May 20(?), 1896 - Helsinki - Sibelius and Aino depart for two weeks in Berlin
June(?) 1(?), 1896 - Berlin, Germany - Short stay in Berlin
June 25(?), 1896 - Helsinki, Finland - Sibelius and Aino return to Finland
August 22, 1896 - Helsinki - Diary: "It seems as if I'm sleeping my life away"
November 2, 1896 - Helsinki - Performance of a Coronation cantata at the Imperial Alexander University
November 7, 1896 - Helsinki - Conducts the opera "Maid in the Tower" at the Society House
May 30, 1897 - Helsinki - Performance of another cantata for a graduation ceremony at the Imperial Alexander University
June 1(?), 1897 - Helsinki - Departs to Italy with Walter von Konow
June 4(?), 1897 - Stettin, Germany - Arrives by ship to Stettin
June 5(?), 1897 - Berlin - On his way to Italy
June 6(?), 1897 - Dresden - On his way to Italy
June 7(?), 1897 - Prague - On his way to Italy
June 8(?), 1897 - Vienna, Austria - On his way to Italy
June 9(?), 1897 - Graz, Austria - On his way to Italy
June 10(?), 1897 - Trieste - On his way to Italy
June 11(?), 1897 - Venice, Italy - On his way to Assisi
June 12(?), 1897 - Ancona, Italy - On his way to Assisi
June 13(?), 1897 - Foligno, Italy - On his way to Assisi
June 14(?), 1897 - Assisi, Italy - Short stay at Assisi, Italy
June 19(?), 1897 - Perugia, Italy - On his way back to Finland
June 20(?), 1897 - Florence, Italy - On his way back to Finland
June 21(?), 1897 - Bologna, Italy - On his way back to Finland
June 22(?), 1897 - Innsbruck, Austria - On his way back to Finland
June 23(?), 1897 - Munich, Germany - On his way back to Finland
June 24(?), 1897 - Nuremberg - On his way back to Finland
June 25(?), 1897 - Leipzig - On his way back to Finland
June 26(?), 1897 - Berlin - On his way back to Finland
June 27(?), 1897 - Stettin, Germany - Boards a ship to Helsinki
July 1(?), 1897 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki
July 29, 1897 - Helsinki - Robert Kajanus is chosen for the position of conductor of the Academic Orchestra of the Imperial Alexander University. Although Sibelius looses the position, he begins receiving a state pension
October 1(?), 1897 - Helsinki - Yrjö-Koskinen makes the case that Sibelius, whose music "is fully imprinted with national features", should be granted a state pension of 3,000 finnish marks
November 29, 1897 - Helsinki - Performance of "The Wood Nymph" and Vårsång (Spring Song)
November 30, 1897 - Helsinki - The senate makes a statement to the emperor about Sibelius. Performance of "The Wood Nymph" and Vårsång (Spring Song)
January 8, 1898 - Helsinki - The state secretariat communicates that the emperor had agreed to grant an annual sum of 3,000 finnish marks to Sibelius, renewable for 10 years
January 14, 1898 - Helsinki - The art journal "Ateneum" publishes an article on Jean Sibelius
February 24, 1898 - Helsinki - Premiere of the play "King Christian II"
February 25(?), 1898 - Helsinki - Sibelius and Aino depart for Berlin (via Vyborg, St.Petersburg, Pskov, Dünaburg, Kovno, Insterburg, Allenstein, Thorn, Posen, Berlin
April 1(?), 1898 - Berlin - Aino returns to Finland with her brother Armas due to morning sickness during her pregnancy
April 3(?), 1898 - St.Petersburg, Russia - Travels through Saint-Petersburg on his way to Berlin
May 1(?), 1898 - Helsinki, Finland - Sibelius returns to Finland
November 14, 1898 - Helsinki - Daughter Kirsti is born
January 1(?), 1899 - Kerava, Finland - Moves to the town of Kerava
February 19, 1899 - Kerava - Letter to Kajanus: "Your ‘eläköön rakas isänmaa’ [Long Live Our Beloved Fatherland] rings in my heart—yes, long live this poor, poor land."
April 26, 1899 - Helsinki - Premiere of the 1st Symphony and the "Song of the Athenians for boys' and men's choirs
April 30, 1899 - Helsinki - Performance of his 1st Symphony and "The Wood Nymph"
June 10, 1899 - Kerava - Postcard to Kajanus: "Times are hard. Accept this farthing. I hope Atenarnes sång in Finnish will be all right? Try your best!"
September 21, 1899 - While in Kerava - The soprano Ida Ekman sings two solo songs newly composed by Sibelius: "Svarta rosor" and "Men min fågel märks dock icke"
November 4, 1899 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Press Celebration Music"
January 1, 1900 - Helsinki - Letter to Aino: "Let’s see now what the new century brings with it for Finland and Finns. History’s condemnation certainly will not fall on us Finns. And the fact that our cause is right lends us dignity and equanimity."
February 13, 1900 - Mattila, Finland - Death of their youngest daughter, Kirsti
April 7, 1900 - Turku, Finland - Sibelius conducts his works at the Fire Brigade Hall in Turku (and on the next day at Turku's Old Academy
July 1, 1900 - Turku - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Turku before departing on their European Tour
July 2, 1900 - Helsinki - Premiere of the tone poem "Finlandia, Op.26", conducted by Robert Kajanus
July 3(?), 1900 - Helsinki - Departs on a tour with Kajanus's Helsinki Philarmonica orchestra on a European Tour - Stockholm, Kristiania, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Elsinore, Copenhagen, Lübeck, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, Reims, Trier, Cologne, Lübeck, Hanko
July 4, 1900 - Stockholm, Sweden - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Stockholm (and again on July 5th)
July 6(?), 1900 - Kristiania (Oslo, Norway) - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Kristiania
July 8(?), 1900 - Gothenburg, Sweden - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Gothenburg
July 10(?), 1900 - Helsingborg, Sweden - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Helsingborg
July 11(?), 1900 - Elsinore, Denmark - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Elsinore
July 12(?), 1900 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Copenhagen
July 15(?), 1900 - Lübeck, Germany - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Lübeck
July 16(?), 1900 - Hamburg, Germany - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Hamburg
July 18, 1900 - Berlin, Germany - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Berlin
July 22, 1900 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Amsterdam
July 23, 1900 - The Hague, Netherlands - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in The Hague
July 24, 1900 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in Rotterdam
July 25, 1900 - Brussels, Belgium - The Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra performs in the Salle de la Grande Harmonie in Brussels
July 30, 1900 - Paris, France - Visits Paris for the orchestra's appearance at the World's Fair - First concert in Paris
August 3, 1900 - Paris - Second concert in Paris
August 4(?), 1900 - Reims, France - Returning to Finland
August 5(?), 1900 - Trier, Germany - Returning to Finland
August 6(?), 1900 - Cologne, Germany - Returning to Finland
August 7(?), 1900 - Lübeck, Germany - Returning to Finland
August 10(?), 1900 - Hanko, Finland - Returns to Finland
August 12, 1900 - While in Kerava(?) - "Le Ménestrel" newspaper praises their performance in Paris
October 20, 1900 - Helsinki - Performance of "Snöfrid", Op.29
October 27, 1900 - Helsinki - Sibelius and his family depart to Italy, via Germany and Switzerland
October 28(?), 1900 - St.Petersburg, Russia - On his way to Germany, via Vyborg, St.Petersburg, Pskov, Dünaburg, Kovno, Intersburg, Allenstein, Thorn, Posen, Berlin - Leipzig
November 2, 1900 - Berlin, Germany(?) - Letter to his copyist on his way to Italy: "Dear Herr Röllig! Think of the scandal! My score of Patrie (you know, Vaterland) is lost. It’s supposed to be published—what to do?"
January 1(?), 1901 - Rapallo, Italy - Sibelius and family arrive in the coastal village of Rapallo (Berlin-Stuttgart-Basel-Luzern-Milan-Genoa-Rapallo)
February 2, 1901 - Rapallo - Begins writing his 2nd symphony while in a family trip
April 4, 1901 - Rome, Italy - Postcard to Carpelan: "Here one gets strange ideas about the essence of music."
May 1(?), 1901 - Prague, Austria-Hungary - Meets Antonin Dvořák on his way back to Finland
May 10(?), 1901 - Helsinki, Finland - Sibelius family returns to Finland
May 28, 1901 - Berlin, Germany - Back in Berlin
May 31, 1901 - Heidelberg, Germany - Arrives in Heidelberg
June 4, 1901 - Heidelberg - Conducts music at the Heidelberg Music Festival, where he meet Richard Strauss
August 27, 1901 - Kerava, Finland - Letter to Carpelan: "The thing was that I’ve had to undergo a difficult struggle in my art—now I’m again in the clear and proceeding full sail ahead."
March 8, 1902 - Helsinki, Finland - Premiere of the 2nd Symphony
April 9, 1902 - Helsinki - Premiere of "The Origin of Fire"
June 1(?), 1902 - Berlin, Germany - Voyage to Germany - Stettin, Berlin, Stettin, Helsinki
July(?) 1(?), 1902 - Tvärminne, near Hanko - Summer in Tvärminne, near Hanko, working on the song "Var det en dröm (Was it a dream)"
September 1(?), 1902 - Finnish Archipelago - Letter to Aino: “I’ve gotten some wonderful themes for the violin concert [sic]."
September 20(?), 1902 - Kerava, Finland - Moves out of Kerava
November 2, 1902 - Helsinki - Conducts a revised version of "En Saga"
November 5, 1902 - Berlin, Germany - Voyage to Germany - Vyborg, St.Petersburg, Pskov, Dunaburg, Kovno, Intersburg, Allenstein, Thorn, Posen, Berlin
November 15, 1902 - Berlin - Performance of the song "Var det en dröm" (Was it a dream) and a new version of "En Saga"
December 1(?), 1902 - Turku, Finland - Performance of "Snöfrid", Op.29
January 12, 1903 - Artjärvi, Finland - Daughter Katarina is born
March 1(?), 1903 - Tampere, Finland - Performance of "Snöfrid", Op.29
May 1(?), 1903 - Tallinn, Estonia - Concerts in Talinn
July 1(?), 1903 - Jarvenpää, Finland - Uncle Pehr Ferdinand dies. Sibelius and Aino buy about 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land in Järvenpää near lake Tuusula, and use his share of his uncle's estate to pay the architect Lars Sonck to design their house, which they called "Ainola"
November 10, 1903 - While in Kerava - Performance of the revised 2nd Symphony by Armas Järnefelt in Stockholm
February 8, 1904 - Helsinki - Premiere of the "Violin Concerto" - Victor Nováček as soloist |
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March 8, 1904 - Kerava - Letter to Carpelan: "What do you think about the war[?] The official accounts!! Japan owns 23 battleships and according to Bobba [Bobrikov] 40 have been destroyed. Sic itur ad gehennam! [So it’s going to Hell!]"
May 24, 1904 - Helsinki - Sibelius leads more than 50 musicians of the Warsaw Philarmonic Orchestra in his 2nd Symphony
June 16, 1904 - Helsinki - Governor-General Bobrikov is assassinated in Helsinki. The assassin, a young man named Eugen Schauman, kills himself after
June 25(?), 1904 - Talinn, Estonia - Concerts in Talinn
August 1(?), 1904 - Riga, Latvia - Tour in Latvia
September 21, 1904 - Kerava, Finland - Letter to Axel Carpelan informing him that a third symphony was under way
September 24, 1904 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Sibelius and Aino move to Ainola
December 1(?), 1904 - Oulu, Finland - Concert in Oulu
December 5(?), 1904 - Pori, Finland - Concert in Pori
January 1, 1905 - Helsinki - Departs to Berlin, via Vyborg, St.Peterburg, Pskov, Dunaburg, Kovno, Intersburg, Allenstein, Thorn, Poznan, Berlin
January 12, 1905 - Berlin, Germany - Conducts his 2nd Symphony on invitation of Busoni
January 19, 1905 - Berlin - Letter to Aino: "Now is the crucial hour when I still can take myself in hand and be something really great."
March 10(?), 1905 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland
March 17, 1905 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Pelléas och Mélisande"
June 28, 1905 - Ainola - Letter to Robert Lienau, director of a Berlin publishing house, informing him that the new version of his violin concerto was ready
July 20, 1905 - Ainola - Sibelius sells his finnish copyrights to a german firm, Breitkopf & Härtel
September 3, 1905 - Ainola - Letter from Axel Carpelan: "The connection with Europe broken! You are now our great hope and our pride"
October 19, 1905 - Berlin, Germany - Performance of a revised and condensed version of the "Violin Concerto" with Richard Strauss conducting and Karel Halíř as soloist
November 20(?), 1905 - Dover, England - Steps ashore at Dover
December 2, 1905 - Liverpool, England - Conducts the 1st Symphony and "Finlandia", a great success and widely acclaimed
December 4, 1905 - Dover(?) - Departs to Paris
December 5(?), 1905 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
January 15(?), 1905 - Paris - Departs to Berlin
January 30, 1906 - Berlin - Checks out of hotel Riga, Berlin and departs back to Finland
February 10(?), 1906 - Helsinki - Return to Finland - Paris, Reims, Cologne, Hannover, Berlin - Leipzig - Stockholm
June 1(?), 1906 - While in Ainola - His sister Linda succumbs to insanity
July(?) 1(?), 1906 - Helsinki - Sibelius in Helsinki in the Summer
December 29, 1906 - Sankt Petersburg, Russia - Premiere of the tone poem "Pohjola's Daughter (Pohjolan tytär), Op. 49" at the Mariinsky Theatre
August 1(?), 1907 - Berlin, Germany - Trip to Berlin with Aino - Stockholm, Helsingborg, Elsinor, Copenhagen, Lubeck, Berlin, Stettin, Helsinki
September 25, 1907 - Helsinki, Finland - Premiere of his 3rd Symphony
October 29, 1907 - Helsinki - Mahler visits Helsinki, arriving from Saint-Petersburg. Sibelius meets him
November 1, 1907 - Helsinki - Mahler conducts the Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra
November 10(?), 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts his 3rd symphony in Saint-Petersburg
November 12(?), 1907 - Moscow - Conducts his 3rd symphony in Moscow
November 21, 1907 - Ainola, Jarvenpää - Letter to his publisher Robert Lienau
February 1(?), 1908 - Helsinki - Second trip to England - Berlin, Osnabruck, Antwerp, Oostende, Dover, London, Dover, Oostende, Antwerp, Osnabruck, Berlin, Stralsund, Sassnitz, Trelleborg, Malmö, Stockholm, Turku
February 10(?), 1908 - London, England - Conducts his 3rd symphony at a concert of the Royal Philharmonic Society
March 24, 1908 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Letter to Rosa Newmarch
May 1(?), 1908 - Berlin, Germany - Throat surgery to remove a tumor - Quits smoking and drinking (May or June)
September 10, 1908 - Tuusula, Finland - Daughter Margareta is born
November 1(?), 1908 - Ainola - Sibelius completes a new tone poem, "Night Ride and Sunrise", for a concert in the Russian capital
February 1(?), 1909 - Helsinki - Departs for London-Paris-Berlin
February 13, 1909 - London, England - Conducts "En Saga" and "Finlandia" at Queen's Hall, London
February 27, 1909 - London - Debussy conducts "La Mer" and "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" at the Queen's Hall. He meets Jean Sibelius
March(?) 1(?), 1909 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
April 1, 1909 - Paris - Diary: "Why do I flee from my quartet?"
April(?) 12(?), 1909 - Berlin, Germany - Undergoes a post-operative medical examination. Sibelius is relieved to learn that his throat operation had been entirely successful
April 15, 1909 - Berlin - Diary: “Quartet ready! I—my heart is bleeding—why this tragedy of life. Woe! Woe! Woe! That one exists! My God—!"
May 21, 1909 - Berlin - Diary: "Have to go home now. I cannot work here any longer. A change of style?!"
May 30(?), 1909 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland
September 1(?), 1909 - Pielisjärvi, Northern Karelia - Sibelius and Eero Järnefelt journey to northeastern Finland and climb Mount Koli, beside Lake Pielinen in northern Karelia
September 23, 1909 - Ainola - Diary: "Mikael's 'Ödlan' torments me. Must hand it over as fast as possible"
April 1(?), 1910 - While in Ainola - A petition sponsored by a group of internationally oriented Finns including Yrjö Hirn, Sigurd Frosterus, and Werner Söderhjelm began quietly circulating among wealthy businessmen (it was marked “Not for the public”). The appeal was a bid to ease Sibelius’s financial difficulties in the aftermath of his throat surgery, and its wording was powerful: “If his countrymen could contribute to alleviating his circumstances, they would thereby, in our view, be serving the interests of their own country, and at the same time fulfill their duty toward international cultural life in which it is both our right and our duty to participate”
April 6, 1910 - Helsinki, Finland - Premiere of the play "Ödlan" at the swedish theatre in Helsinki
April 25, 1910 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Voces Intimae" at the Helsinki Conservatory
May 9, 1910 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Letter to Rosa Newmarch
June 18, 1910 - Ainola - Diary: "All true talents have made their way ‘ad astra’ through their own studies"
September 25(?), 1910 - Helsinki - Departs for Kristiania (Oslo), via Turku and Stockholm
October 8, 1910 - Kristiania (Oslo, Norway) - Premiere of "Dryaden" and "In Memoriam"
October 14(?), 1910 - Gothenburg, Sweden - on his way to Berlin from Kristiania
October 15(?), 1910 - Malmö - on his way to Berlin from Kristiania
October 16(?), 1910 - Trelleborg - on his way to Berlin from Kristiania
October 18(?), 1910 - Sassnitz - on his way to Berlin from Kristiania
October 19(?), 1910 - Stralsund - on his way to Berlin from Kristiania
October 20(?), 1910 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin. Listens to works by Anton Arensky and Sergey Rachmaninoff
October 21, 1910 - Berlin - Hears Claude Debussy' Quartet
November 1(?), 1910 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland via Stettin
November 5, 1910 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: "A symphony is not just a ‘composition’ in the ordinary meaning. It’s rather a confession of faith at different stages of one’s life"
November 14, 1910 - Ainola - Diary: "Am I really nothing other than a ‘nationalistic’" curiosity?"
November 20(?), 1910 - Helsinki - Glazunov visits Helsinki
January 1, 1911 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Letter to Rosa Newmarch: "I had just returned from Berlin where I stayed for two months. As usual, I was overwhelmed by disgust for the “modern direction.” Out of that the feeling of loneliness arose. . . . To my astonishment I can see that my compositions are frequently played on the continent, even though they do not have anything of “Modernity” in them."
February 5, 1911 - Ainola(?) - Letter to Rosa Newmarch telling her that his new symphony op. 63 was intended as a “protest against the compositions of today”
February 10(?), 1911 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Concert Tour (Turku, Stockholm, Gothenburg)
February 15(?), 1911 - Riga, Latvia - Concert Tour (Gothenburg, Malmö, Trelleborg, Sassnitz, Stralsund, Berlin, Posen, Allenstein, Insterburg, Kaunas, Jelvava (Mitau) - Riga
February 25(?), 1911 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki via Pskov, St.Petersburg, Vyborg
April 3, 1911 - Helsinki - Premiere of his 4th symphony
June 20, 1911 - Tuusula, Finland - Daughter Heidi is born
October 18, 1911 - Helsinki - Departs to Berlin and Paris (Stettin, Berlin)
November 1(?), 1911 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris for a visit
November 15(?), 1911 - Paris - Attends a performance of Richard Strauss's "Salome"
December 1(?), 1911 - Helsinki - Returns to Helsinki
January 17, 1912 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Sibelius is offered a position in Vienna's Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst as successor of Robert Fuchs
March 8, 1912 - Ainola - In his diary, Sibelius puts down his refusal of the Vienna offer to patriotism and love of his independent mode of working
March 29, 1912 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Scènes Historiques II" and the 4th Symphony
August 29, 1912 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Letter to Rosa Newmarch informing her of the details of his next trip to England
September 1(?), 1912 - Helsinki - Departs for England (Helsinki, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Elsinore, Copenhagen, Könsör, Kiel, Hamburg, Osnabrück, oostende, Dover, London, Birmingham, Straftord - London
September 12, 1912 - London | Stratford-on-Avon, England - Diary: "Journey to England. London.—Stratford on Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace"
September 24, 1912 - London - Arrives in London
September 26, 1912 - Birmingham, England - Rehearsals for the 4th symphony
September 27(?), 1912 - Birmingham - The 4th Symphony is well received
November 25(?), 1912 - Helsinki - Departs for Copenhagen
December 3, 1912 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Concert trip to Copenhagen - conducts his 4th symphony
December 10(?), 1912 - Helsinki - Returns to Helsinki
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| Sibelius, 1913 |
March 27, 1913 - Helsinki, Finland - Premiere of "Barden" Op.64April 18, 1913 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Letter to Rosa Newmarch
June 10, 1913 - Ainola - Attends the marriage of her eldest daughter Eva to their neighbour Arvi Paloheimo
August 24, 1913 - Ainola - Sibelius sends the score of "Luonnotar" to Aino Ackté
September 3, 1913 - Helsinki - Sibelius and Aino Ackté rehearse "Luonnotar" together
January 8(?), 1914 - Helsinki - Departs for Berlin (Turku, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Elsinore, Copenhagen, Gedser, Rostock, Berlin)
January 15(?), 1914 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin to stay for a month. He is drawn to Arnold Schönberg's music there
January 28, 1914 - Berlin - Diary: "A lied of Schoenberg impressed me most deeply"
February 9, 1914 - Berlin - Diary: Schoenberg's string quarter, op.10 gave him "a lot to think about" and that he developed a "terrific interest in Schoenberg"
February 15(?), 1914 - Saint-Petersburg, Russia - Reaches Saint-Petersburg on his way back to Finland
February 20(?), 1914 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki via St.Petersburg
May 1(?), 1914 - Helsinki - Departs for the United States via Germany (Turku, Stockholm, Malmö, Copenhagen, Kiel, Hamburg, Bremen, Bremerhaven)
May 18, 1914 - Bremen, Germany - Letter to Rosa Newmarch
May 19, 1914 - Bremerhaven, Germany - Departs for the United States on board the "S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II"
May 20, 1914 - Southampton | Cherbourg - Port calls at Southampton and Cherbourg
May 22, 1914 - N. Of the Azores Islands - The "S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II" steams north of the Azores
May 26, 1914 - New York City - Sibelius arrives in the United States
June 4, 1914 - Norfolk, Virginia - Norfolk Music Festival - Premiere of "The Oceanides"
June 17, 1914 - New Haven, Connecticut - Receives an honorary doctorate from Yale University
June 18, 1914 - New York City - Departs for Hamburg on board the "S.S.President Grant"
June 25(?), 1914 - Hamburg, Germany - The "S.S.President Grant" arrives in Hamburg
June 28, 1914 - (Probably Malmö or Stockholm) - During his travel back to Finland, World War I is ignited by Gavrilo Princip
July 1(?), 1914 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Helsinki, via Plymouth, Cherbourg, Hamburg, Kiel, Copenhagen, Malmö, Stockholm, Turku, Helsinki
July 30, 1914 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: "The war begins. . . . And we here in Finland? Shall we become Philistines for want of leadership? Effeminate as we are. I trust the Swedish element more. But our Finns?"
August 18, 1914 - Ainola - Diary: "War! Probably the end of our civilization"
September 30, 1914 - Helsinki - In Helsinki to spend a few days
October 26, 1914 - Ainola - Diary: "Begun in earnest with Symphony no. 5. . . . In a truly glorious mood forging these themes"
March 14, 1915 - Helsinki, Finland - Departs to Gothenburg
March 19, 1915 - Stockholm, Sweden - Arrives in Stockholm, via Turku
March 22, 1915 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Concert in Gothenburg - The Oceanides, 4th symphony
March 24, 1915 - Gothenburg - Concert in Gothenburg - The Oceanides, 4th symphony
March 30, 1915 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Returns home and continues work on his 5th symphony
April 10, 1915 - Ainola - Diary: "In the evening [worked] on the symphony. On the disposition of the themes." The importance is done with this mystery and enchantment. As if God the Father had thrown down the shards of a mosaic from the floor of heaven and asked me to find out what it had looked like. Perhaps a good definition of “composing.” Perhaps not. What do I know!—Warm outside, and winter is receding. Once again there is a fragrance in the air of the spring thaw, of youth, and of breaking—of change"
April 21, 1915 - Ainola - While working on his Fifth Symphony in April, he sees 16 swans flying by, inspiring him to write the finale. "One of the great experiences of my life!"
December 7, 1915 - Helsinki, Finland - Eve of his 50th birthday - Premiere of his 5th Symphony in the hall of the Helsinki Stock Exchange
December 8, 1916 - Helsinki - Sibelius conducts his "Oceanides" and the 5th Symphony
December 15(?), 1916 - Helsinki - Performance of the revised 5th Symphony
December 17, 1916 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: "Anyway, this disastrous war will still go on for a long time. And thus my isolation as well"
November 23, 1917 - Ainola - Diary: "“Terrible happenings concerning the socialists’ progress, [which are] crushing us patriots."
January 19, 1918 - Helsinki - Premiere of "Jäger March" at the solemn celebration held in the Festival Hall of the Imperial Alexander University
January 28, 1918 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Civil War erupts in Finland
February 2, 1918 - Ainola - Diary: "proletarian mob power grows like an avalanche."
February 20, 1918 - Helsinki - The Red guards escort the Sibelius family to Helsinki
April 12, 1918 - Helsinki - German troops occupy Helsinki and the Red period ends
April 19(?), 1918 - Helsinki - Sibelius conducts the "Jäger March" after the Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra gives an homage concert for the german commander Rüdiger von der Goltz
June 9, 1918 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: "All Finland is in the grip of war, that is, militarism"
June 18, 1919 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Sibelius and Aino arrive in Copenhagen for the "Nordic Music days in Copenhagen" - Premiere of his 5th symphony
June 20, 1919 - Copenhagen - Photographed with colleagues outside the Tivoli, Copenhagen
January 1(?), 1920 - While at Ainola - Norwegian musician Alf Klingenberg offers Sibelius the post of composition professor at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York (Klingenberg was its new director)
June 10, 1920 - Helsinki - Sibelius attends a concert by the Louhi Band
December 8, 1920 - Ainola, Järvenpää - On his birthday, Sibelius receives a donation of 63,000 marks that tenor Wäinö Sola had raised from Finnish businesses
January 3, 1921 - Ainola - Sibelius telegraphs an answer to Rochester: "Yes"
January 5, 1921 - Ainola - Writes to Klingenberg informing him that he had just telegraphed "Yes" to the Eastman School, but his wife would probably not be coming
January 20(?), 1921 - Helsinki - Departs for England and Norway (Helsinki, Turku, Stockholm, Malmo, Trelleborg, Sassnitz, Stralsund, Berlin, Osnabruck, Oostende, Dover, London, Stratford, London, Bournemouth, London, Birmingham, Oxford, London, Manchester, London, Newcastle)
February 10, 1921 - Dover, England(?) - Meets Vaughan Williams at reception
February 12, 1921 - London, England - Conducts his 5th symphony at Queen's Hall
March(?) 1(?), 1921 - Kristiania (Oslo, Norway) - Concerts in Norway
April 1(?), 1921 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland (newcastle, Bergen, Kristiania, Stockholm, Turku, Helsinki)
May 9, 1921 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Sibelius turns down the offer of post at Eastman School of Music
May 12, 1922 - While in Ainola - Premiere of the Incidental music for "Scaramouche" at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
July 2, 1922 - While in Ainola - His brother Christian dies in the Summer, leaving Sibelius in emotional darkness
August 1(?), 1922 - Ainola - Sibelius joins the Finnish freemasons and composes ritual music for them
February 19, 1923 - Helsinki - Premiere of his 6th Symphony
February 25(?), 1923 - Helsinki - Departs for Sweden and Italy (Turku, Stockholm, Malmo, Trelleborg, Sassnitz, Stralsund, Berlin, Nuremberg, Ulm, Zurich, Milan, Rome, Naples, Capri, Rome)
March 1(?), 1923 - Stockholm, Sweden - Performance of his 6th Symphony
March 18, 1923 - Rome, Italy - Conducts the Augusteo Orchestra, performing his 2nd Symphony and Lemminkäinen Suite
April 1, 1923 - Berlin, Germany - Reaches Berlin (rome, milan, zurich, ulm, nuremberg, Berlin)
April 20(?), 1923 - Gothenburg, Sweden - He is found consuming champagne and oysters when he should have been readying himself to conduct
April 25(?), 1923 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland (Berlin, Stralsund, Sassnitz, Trelleborg, Malmo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Turku)
May 29, 1923 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Sibelius is bestowed the title of "Commendatore dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia" after his latest visit to Rome
October 23, 1923 - Ainola - Diary: "My life is now finished. If I’m sometimes happy and have a glass to drink, I pay for it a long time afterward. This terrible depression that not even Aino can understand, but which I’ve inherited. This ‘sensitivity’ or lack of self-confidence, which means that Aino and the children have never had proper support in their life. This hell upon the earth, which they encounter outside, never to escape. Woe am I, alone, alone!"
March 2, 1924 - Ainola - Completes work in his 7th Symphony
March 20(?), 1924 - Helsinki - Departs for Sweden
March 24, 1924 - Stockholm, Sweden - Premiere of his 7th symphony under the title of "Fantasia Sinfonica"
April 1(?), 1924 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland
August 30, 1924 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Celebrates the marriage of his 21-year-old daughter Katarina with the 37-year-old lawyer Eero Ilves. After the marriage, his youngest daughter leaves Ainola to study in Helsinki
September 23, 1924 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Concerts in Copenhagen. Sibelius is honoured with the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
September 24(?), 1924 - Malmö, Sweden - Short visit to Malmö
September 30(?), 1924 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland
February 17, 1925 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: “It is blowing a gale outside. How infinitely richer is this [illegible word] unreflected gust than the poetry of Goethe or other gentlemen! I have begun to ‘snap,’ namely to drink in secret. This is one way to take a life. But—a few drinks, at midnight—have a wonderful effect! Those who survive shall see! But the poetry in all of this! Dear Lord! Reflection is intoxicating!"
May 1, 1925 - Ainola - Wilhelm Hansen, Sibelius's danish publisher, approaches him with the offer "Have you have written music to Shakespeare's "The Tempest"? - The Royal Theatre intends to perform this work, and would like to use your music"
March 1(?), 1926 - Helsinki - Departs for Italy, via Berlin (Stettin, Berlin, Munich, Innsbruck, Verona, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Capri, Rome
March 16, 1926 - (While on his way to Italy) - Premiere of his incidental music for a prodution of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen
April(?) 1(?), 1926 - Rome, Italy - Visit to Rome with Walter von Konow
April 15, 1926 - Capri, Italy - Visit to the Island of Capri with Walter von Konow
April 29, 1926 - Berlin, Germany - Letter to Aino: "In the music shops I study modern German and French music"
May 1(?), 1926 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland (via Rome, Florence, Bologna, Verona, Innsbruck, Munich, Berlin, Stettin)
September 27, 1926 - Ainola - Sibelius finishes "Tapiola"
September 30(?), 1926 - Helsinki - Departs for Copenhagen - last concert abroad
October 20(?), 1926 - Helsinki - Returns to Finland
December 16, 1926 - (While in Ainola, Järvenpää) - Premiere of "Tapiola" in New York, conducted by Walter Damrosch
January 1(?), 1927 - Helsinki - Departs for Paris with Aino (Helsinki, Turku, Stockholm, Malmo, Trelleborg, Sassnitz, Stralsund, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Reims, Paris - return via Berlin and Stettin)
February(?) 1(?), 1927 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris with Aino
April 1(?), 1927 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland
April 25, 1927 - Helsinki - First performance of "Tapiola" in Finland, conducted by Robert Kajanus
February 1(?), 1928 - Helsinki - Departs for Berlin (via Turku, Stockholm, Malmö, Trelleborg, Sassnitz, Stralsund, Berlin)
February 8(?), 1928 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
March 1(?), 1928 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland via Stettin
September 1(?), 1928 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Back in Ainola
July 7, 1930 - Helsinki, Finland - Sibelius and Aino attend a Lapua demonstration in Helsinki
April 1(?), 1931 - Helsinki - Departs to Berlin to write his 8th symphony
May 1(?), 1931 - Berlin, Germany - Letter to Aino: "The Symphony (8th) is advancing with rapid strides"
June 12, 1931 - Berlin - Telegram to Aino asking her to send him money for the return trip
June 25(?), 1931 - Helsinki, Finland - Returns to Finland via Stettin
May 4, 1934 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Diary: "Our coarseness—which has increased to an alarming degree since they demolished everything Swedish—our conceit over these sporting events. Uneducated, our claims to civilization are in their infancy—everything shows the language squabbling"
January(?) 1(?), 1935 - Ainola - Sibelius is interviewed by Harry Rogers Pratt for the "New York Times"
January(?) 1(?), 1936 - Ainola - Robert Kajanus's wife Ella returns the score of "Karelia suite" to Sibelius
June(?) 1(?), 1936 - Ainola - Meets "New York Times" music critic Olin Downes
October 27, 1936 - (While in Ainola) - Performance of "The Wood Nymph" in Helsinki
January 1, 1939 - Helsinki, Finland - Sibelius participates in an international radio broadcast that includes him conducting his Andante Festivo. The performance is preserved on transcription discs and later issued on CD
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| Sibelius, 1939 |
July 31, 1939 - Ainola - Visit by the student and composer Gardner ReadNovember 30, 1939 - Ainola - Finland is attacked by the Soviet Union
December 8, 1939 - Ainola - Visited by the conductor and pianist Martti Similä on his birthday
April(?) 1(?), 1940 - Helsinki, Finland - Spends one year in Helsinki after the Winter War
January(?) 1(?), 1941 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Sibelius and Aino move back to Ainola because of the risk of bombing by the Soviet Union
January(?) 1(?) 1942 - Ainola - SS war reporter Anton Kloss interviews Sibelius for "Deutsche Zeitung im Osten", a Nazi publication
September 30, 1943 - Ainola - Sibelius hears a performance of Vaughan Williams's 5th symphony dedicated to him, broadcast on wireless from Stockholm
October 9, 1944 - Ainola - Interview with Eliot Elisofon for TIME magazine
January(?) 1(?), 1945 - Ainola - Sibelius burns the score of his 8th Symphony and "Karelia Suite", and abandons creative composing
August 30(?), 1945 - Ainola - Sibelius informs his secretary that the 8th Symphony was burned
December 6, 1948 - Ainola - Interview with Kalevi Kilpi for radio broadcast
January(?) 1(?), 1951 - Ainola - Sibelius declines an invitation to compose music for the Royal Philarmonic Society to mark the 1951 Festival of Britain
June 18, 1954 - Ainola - Sir Thomas Beecham visits Sibelius at Ainola
September 20, 1957 - Ainola, Järvenpää - Jean Sibelius dies of a brain haemorrhage, aged 91 =(END)
