tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post7774551044349168234..comments2024-02-07T05:15:23.169-05:00Comments on henningmusick: Loss of a MasterpieceKarl Henninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801383101122527636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-79654217495475900342009-01-03T21:00:00.000-05:002009-01-03T21:00:00.000-05:00Rickards takes as a working hypothesis that 1933 w...Rickards takes as a working hypothesis that 1933 was the last period of sustained work on the Eighth. And the notorious burning would have been sometime in the '40s.Karl Henninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801383101122527636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-85716534010008426072009-01-03T18:12:00.000-05:002009-01-03T18:12:00.000-05:00The Case of the Sibelius Eighth Symphony has been ...The Case of the Sibelius Eighth Symphony has been discussed on the Good-Music-Guide in earlier days. I recall Eugene Ormandy writing about a visit to Sibelius in the 1950's, and inquiring about the 8th. Sibelius' daughter urged her father to admit that there would be no 8th Symphony. Ormandy commented that the composer "seemed greatly relieved" to admit this.<BR/><BR/>One musicologist has theorized that alcoholism had sapped the concentration Sibelius needed for an 8th Symphony. <BR/><BR/>Who knows?Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715573405766100608noreply@blogger.com