Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

« Demanten på marssnon » (1916)

version for voice and orchestra
[Le diamant de la neige de mars]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1916
    • Duration: 3 mn
    • Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
    • Cycle: Six Mélodies
    • Opus: 36/6
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Josef Julius Wecksell.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: unspecified female voice
  • 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 February 1917
    Location:

    Finlande, Helsinki


    Performers:

    Ida Ekman, soprano ; Karl Ekman, direction.