Sibelius

List of Illustrations        

Preface: Methods and Miracles, Debts and Confessions           

Practical Questions: Names and References     

Abbreviations  

Towns and Place-Names         

Introduction

PART I

a window to the world

The Autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire

1 Finland’s Nature: Vårt Land?Our Land      

2 Pillars of Finnish Identity       

3 Nineteenth-Century Finland: Scènes historiques       

4 Imperial Helsinki       

5 Crosswinds  

6 From Russian Empire to Musical Empire       

PART II

herää suomi!?awake, finland!

7 Finland from Afar     

8 Young Finland and the Carelian Call to Arms

9 Science, Art, and Symbolism

10 Of Sagas and Springtime     

11 Aphrodite and the National Project 

12 National Aspirations and Symbolist Angst   

13 The Politics of the Theatrical           

14 From Russia but Not with Love      

15 The Finnish Resistance        

16 A New Millennium: Helsinki, Paris, the World!        

17 Italian Classicism and Finnish Nationalism    

18 Country Living and the Finnish National Movement 

1905: The Crucial Hour           

PART III

taide kuuluu kaikille? art belongs to all

19 Connections East and West

20 Proletarians versus Bourgeoisie       

21 Turning Points         

22 Onward, Ye Powerful People!        

23 The Militaristic State           

24 Might Makes Right: The 1930s       

25 The Close   

Notes  

Bibliography