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Valse triste (literal English translation: Sad Waltz), Op. 44/1, is a concert piece for orchestra by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who in 1904 excerpted the piece from the incidental music he had written the previous year to Death (Kuolema), a three-act Symbolist play by his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt.
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Valse triste | |
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Concert piece by Jean Sibelius | |
Catalogue | Op. 44/1 |
Text | Kuolema by Arvid Järnefelt |
Composed | 1903 (incidental music), rev. 1904 |
Publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel (1904) |
Duration | Approx. 5 mins. |
Premiere | |
Date | 2 December 1903 (1903-12-02) |
Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
Performers | Helsinki Philharmonic Society |
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The revised version of Valse triste premiered in Helsinki on 25 April 1904, with Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Society.[1]