THE MUSICAL DRAMATURGY AND COMPOSITION STRUCTURES IN THE SYMPHONIES BY JEAN SIBELIUS

The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of conceptional and compositional solutions in the symphonies by Jean Sibelius. The author of the article proposes a new periodisation of the creative life of Sibelius as a great representative of the symphony genre, consisting of two triads of symphonies, surrounding the fourth one. The resources of renovation of the Viennese classical tradition by Sibelius are considered based on the rst triad (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) and the programmatic symphony “Kullervo”. Among the diverse historical connections of Sibelius’ symphonic searches, the author of the article highlights the receptions of the traditions of A. Bruckner and P. I. Tchaikovsky and the historical parallels of the symphonism of Sibelius, G. Mahler and P. Hindemith. The dialectic of contrasting-composite forms and metamorphoses of thematic material is de ned as the main integrating factor in the symphonies of Jean Sibelius.