Born on this day – Jean Sibelius:

Jean Sibelius

Composer

December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957

Credits:

Albums:

Baltic Runes (2010); Cello & Piano Works (1994); Finlandia / The Swan of Tuonela / Karelia Suite / En Saga (1976); Jean Sibelius : String Quartets in A minor and B flat major (1985); Lemminkäinen Suite / Night Ride and Sunrise (2000); Piano Music, Volume 1 (1999); Piano Quintets and Melodramas (2007); Sibelius' Songs (1975); Sibelius, J.: Night Ride and Sunrise / Belshazzar's Feast Suite / Kuolema (2008); Sibelius, J.: Tempest Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / The Oceanides / Night Ride and Sunrise (1998); Sibelius: Complete Youth Production for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 (1999); Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (1953); Sibelius: Music From Timo Koivusalo's Film (2003); Sibelius: Scenes Historiques, Rakastava Suite & Valse Lyrique (1977); Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6: The Swan of Tuonela (1994); Sibelius: Violin Concerto & Humoresques - Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (2009); Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (2010); Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Chausson: Poeme (1993); String Quartets (2001); Symphonie no. 2 (1987); Symphonies 1 & 2 (1988); Symphonies no. 2 & no. 7 (1994); Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 (2001); Symphonies nos. 4 & 5 (1995); Symphonies nos. 4 & 6 (1988); Symphony no. 2 (1983); Symphony no. 2 / The Tempest Suite no. 1 (1999); Symphony no. 5 / Karelia Overture / Night Ride and Sunrise (1971); The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 4 (1987); The Wood-Nymph (1996); Tone Poems & Incidental Music (1993); Tone Poems (2002); Violin Concertos (1988).

Tone poems:

En saga; Finlandia; Lemminkäinen Suite; Luonnotar; Nightride and Sunrise; Pohjola's Daughter; Spring Song; Tapiola; The Bard; The Dryad; The Oceanides; The Swan of Tuonela; The Wood Nymph.

Songs:

13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2 Etude; Allegretto; Be Still My Soul; Be Still, My Soul; Étude, op.76 no. 2; III. Allegro ma non tanto; Sibelius- The Swan Of Tuonela; Sibelius: 5 Pieces for Piano, Op. 75: V. Kuusi "The Spruce"; Sibelius: 5 Pieces for Piano, Op. 75: V. The Spruce; Sibelius: 5 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 81: II. Rondino; Sibelius: Andante Festivo; Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: II. Andante, ma non troppo lento; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegretto; Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: III. Moderato – Allegro ma non tanto; Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato – Largamente – Allegro moderato – Presto; Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: I. Adagio –; Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: III. Allegro molto moderato – Allegro moderato –; Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2; Sibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - I. Allegro moderato; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - II. Adagio di molto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - III. Allegro, ma non tanto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47: 1. Allegro moderato; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto; Spring Song; Sydämeni laulu; Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43; This Is My Song; Valse triste.

Compositions:

Andante festivo; At the Castle Gate; Belshazzar's Feast; Cuarteto de cuerda; En saga; Finlandia; Five Pieces, Op. 75; For the Honour of the Creator; Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt; Impromptu; Jäger March; Karelia Suite; King Christian II; Kullervo; Kuolema; Kyllikki; Land of the Rising Sun; Lasse liten; Lemminkäinen Suite; Luonnotar; Nightride and Sunrise; Pan and Echo; Pelléas et Mélisande; Pohjola's Daughter; Rakastava; Spring Song; Suite champêtre; Suite mignonne; Surusoitto; Swanwhite; Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 8; Tapiola; The Maiden in the Tower; The Oceanides; The Origin of Fire; The Swan of Tuonela; The Tempest; The Wood Nymph; This is my song; Uusmaalaisten laulu; Valse triste; Violin Concerto; Violin Sonatina; Water Droplets.

Movie and television:

13. artikla (1986); 1939 (1993); 45 Years (2015); A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970); Afternoons of Solitude (2024); Aila, Pohjolan tytär (1951); Alain Altinoglu und Julia Fischer - Das hr-Sinfonieorchester spielt Debussy und Sibelius (2023); Aleksis Kiven elämä (2001); Allegro non troppo (1976); Ambiciosa (1953); Apua Ukrainaan - Suuri tukikonsertti (2022); Apua Ukrainaan - Suuri tukikonsertti 2 (2023); Arena (1980); Arvottomat (1982); Attack on Finland (2021); Axel (1990); Baggage (2015); Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony (2015); Banda sonora (2012); Battle for Music (1943); BBC Proms (2012); Bill Loewen: Music in the Prairie Night (2017); Bis zum letzten Moment (2008); Blood Reunion 2: Madeline (2015); Boiling Point (2017); Bones and All (2022); Bordertown (1989–1990); Bryce Dessner et l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (2022); Capri - Musik die sich entfernt (1983); Casa di bambola (1968); Catene invisibili (1942); Cher Mallarmé (1993); Club for Five: Jouluna Live (2018); Concert extraordinar de Craciun: Tarja Turunen (2005); Dalia Stasevska dirigiert Sibelius, Tarrodi und Mozart (2024); Dark Angel (2000); Dead Season (2012); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Debussy: La mer & Sibelius: Violinkonzert - Julia Fischer, Alain Altinoglu, hr-Sinfonieorchester (2024); Die Hard 2 (1990); D'or et de pierre (1970); Doverie (1976); DR-Derude (1998); Eesti lood (2018); Ein Ort, ein Werk (2024); El crimen de Oribe (1950); Elämäni Biisi (2021–2024); Endless Poetry (2016); Erämaan turvissa (1931); Eröffnung der Wiener Festwochen 2012 - Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 (2012); Estradilla: Kari Tapion joulutarina (2001); Estradilla: Katri Helenan Joulu (2004); Eurovision 2009: Belgrad Remix '08 (2009); Eventual Blindness (2018); Faceless Murderer (1995); Falling (2020); Fänrik Ståls sägner (1981); Fedora (1978); Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968); Finland Fights! (1939); Finland kallar (1940); Finlandia (1981); First Love (1977); Fredløs (1935); Frida (1983); Geirr Tveitt & Jean Sibelius. Warm-up music for the National Day. (2021); Goodbye to Language (2014); Gott om pojkar, ont om män? (1995); Grace Notes (2020–2021); Grace of Monaco (2014); Half of a Yellow Sun (2013); Hamina Tattoo (2004); Hélium (2005); Helmikuun manifesti (1939); Hengaillaan (2023); Herääminen (1989); Hideouser and Hideouser (2019); Huomenta Suomi (2017); Hvitträsk: A House in the Forest (1972); Hyvät herrat (1994); Il Divo (2008); In Harmony (2015); Into Eternity: A Film for the Future (2010); Isänmaa - Suomalaisen sisun sankaritarinoita (2007); Isoviha (1939); Itsenäisyyspäivän juhlakonsertti (2007 / 2018); Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto (2012); Jääkärin morsian (1931); Jäniksenä Varkaudessa (2013); Jean Sibelius - sävelten mestari (1949); Jean Sibelius (1945 / 1965 / 1974); Jean Sibelius 1865 - 1957: Maturity and Silence (1984); Jean Sibelius 1865 - 1957: The Early Years (1984); Jean Sibelius kodissaan (1961); Jean Sibelius kotonaan (1927); Jean Sibelius: Sinfonia 1 (1998); Jean Sibelius: Symphonie No. 2 D-dur (1988); Joka ottaa tykönsä lapsen (1955); Joulu Savoyssa (2020); Joulukuusivarkaat (2009); Juhla meren rannalla (1929); Kahakka (2001); Kajastus (1930); Karjalan kunnailta (2005); Kaseh ibu (1965); Käsky (2008); Kauneimmat joululaulut 50 vuotta (2022); Keihäsmatkat (2020); Kiimaiset poliisit (1993); Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut (1990); Kill the Monsters (2018); Kingi (2015); Kinsey (2004); Klassinen Suomi (2016); Kohti Linnan juhlia (2023); Kolmetoista mehiläistä (1982); Konttori (2018); Kultajuhlat (1995); Lady Chatterley (2006); Lamastalgia (2010); Lapin tuho (1945); Leaves From Satan's Book (1920); Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1996–1997); Leijonien kansanjuhla (2022); Leijonien kultajuhlat (2022); Life Is No Joke (2012); Linnan jatkot (2019 / 2020 / 2023); Linnan juhlat 2020 (2020); Living (2022); Los héroes del mal (2015); Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985); Loud Hard Magical - The Sound of Finland (2018); Lumberjacking (1988); Luonto on vielä meidän: Kun meri on jäässä (1988); Maata meren alla (2009); Makiba no shôjo Katori (1984); Mannerheim - Jörn Donnerin kertomana (2010); Matias Keskisen kuviteltu elämä (1992); Matka suomalaiseen elokuvaan (2006); Mi general (1987); 'Minä elän' (1946); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970–1974); Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2016); MTV: n juhlakonsertti (1977); Murhatun miehen viimeinen tahto (2020); Music on 2 (1971); Myrsky (1987); Näin syntyi nykypäivä... 1900-1950 (1951); Neito tornissa (1982); New World Symphony Wallcast Tm Concert 10 (2013); New World Symphony Wallcast Tm Concert 6 (2012); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1965); Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider und Alan Gilbert - Brahms, Sibelius und Tschaikowsky (2022); No (2012); Oi, maamme Suomi (2006); Omnibus / Segment: Jean Sibelius (1952); On the Quiet (2019); On the Road (1981); On the Sunny Side (1936); One Night (1931); Oneira se alli glossa (2010); Pakkorajalta Syvärille (1941); Panglima besi (1964); Paragraph 175 (2000); Parthenope (2024); Pesärikko (2000); Pessi and Illusia (1984); Piesni nad Wisla (1955); Pro arte utili (1980–1981); Puolustusvoimain katsaus 10 (1940); Puolustusvoimain katsaus 2 (1941); Puolustusvoimain katsaus 49 (1942); Puolustusvoimain katsaus 8 (1941); Queen of Hearts (1989); Radioland Murders (1994); Red Sun (1970); Road North (2012); Rumours (2024); Sad Waltz (2015); Salome (1972); Sano se suomeksi (1931); Sans Soleil (1983); Schwarze Rosen (1935); Seattle Symphony from Benaroya Hall (2006); Secreto entre mujeres (1949); Seinäjoen arabikevät (2019); Seitsemän (2001); Sibelius - Finlandia (2006); Sibelius & Ravel (2018); Sibelius (2003); Sibelius Continuum (2020); Sibelius i Korpo (2015); Sibelius, Skriabin & Berlioz - Iveta Apkalna und Esa-Pekka Salonen in der Elbphilharmonie (2023); Simon och ekarna (2011); Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina (2004); Slacker Uprising (2007); Slatersville: America's First Mill Village (2022–2024); Smurfily Ever After (1985); Soldier's Bride (1938); Solo Flight (1975); Sota ja raha (2011); Sources of Finnish Music (1978); Staffan Snellin suojelusenkeli (2000); Sunnuntaikävely (1948); Suuri Journalistipalkinto -gaala (2021); Svarta rosor (1932); Täältä tullaan, elämä! (1980); Tanssi perhoseni tanssi (1999); Tarja Turunen & Harus: In Concert - Live at Sibelius Hall (2011); Tasavallan presidentti puhuu 26.6.1941 (1941); Täydellinen euroviisu (2007); Temporária (2010); Teresa (1961); The Ascent of F6 (1938); The Awakening (2011); The Christmas Bow (2020); The Demons (2015); The First Days (1939); The Fourth Protocol (1987); The Girl from Moon Bridge (1953); The Gold and the Glory (1984); The Intimate Rebels (1974); The Jazz Singer (1927); The Joneses and the President (1993); The Last Revenants (2017); The Last Sentence (2012); The Love Part of This (2013); The Lulu Waltz (1999); The Maestro and Nature (1976); The Making of 'True Lies' (1994); The Marshal of Finland (2012); The Meeting (1964); The Mentalist (2011); The Outlaw and His Wife (1918); The Puppet (2013); The Simpsons (2009); The Sky at Night (1957 / 2007); The Smurfs (1981–1985); The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010); The Tempest (1939); The Tempest (1939); The Tempest / II (1939); The Two Ronnies (1975); The Unknown Soldier (1955 / 1985 / 2019); The Unquiet Spirit (1939); The Village Shoemakers (1923); The Voice of Firestone (1956); The Walking Dead (2016); The White Chateau (1938); The Winter War (1989); Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993); This Week (1956–1992); This Week (1992); Time of Desire (1954); Tiny Galaxy Concert @ Haw Par (2023); Tomorrow and Thereafter (2017); Tonttu Toljanterin joulupulma (1998); Torilla tavataan - MM-kultajuhlat (2011); Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8 - Music of Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini (1952); Total Balalaika Show (1994); Tragedy in the Valley of River Tornio (1944); Tukkijoella tapahtuu (1950); Tunnetko Tuusulaa? (1949); Turn Left, Turn Right (2003); Umirat ne strashno (1991); Unelma karjamajalla (1940); Unknown White Male (2005); Urheilugaala 2022 (2022); Urheiluvuosi 2001 (2001); Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti (1987); Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991); Vain elämää (2019); Vanha Viipurimme (1940); Värikäs kisakaupunki (1952); Vastaus (1952); Viimeinen kesä (1992); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022–2023); Village People (2013); Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona (2010); Welcome to Canada (1989); Wings to Finland (1955).

Juneteenth – June 19:

June 19

Juneteenth

Freedom

Emancipation

Equality

Diversity

Inclusion

Born on this day – Madison Cawein:

Madison Cawein

Writer

March 23, 1865 – December 8, 1914

Credits:

A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems (1902); Accolon of Gaul (1889); Blooms of the Berry (1887); Christmas Rose and Leaf (1913); Days and Dreams (1891); Idyllic Monologues (1898); Intimations of the Beautiful (1894); Kentucky Poems (1902); Let Us Do the Best We Can (1909); Library of Southern Literature (1907); Lyrics and Idyls (1890); Minions of the Moon (1913); Modern American Poetry: A Critical Anthology, 4th revised edition (1930); Moods and Memories (1892); Myth and Romance (1899); Nature-Notes and Impressions (1906); New Poems (1909); One Day & Another (1901); Poems by Madison Cawein (1911); Poems of Nature and Love (1893); Red Leaves and Roses (1893); Shapes and Shadows (1898); So Many Ways (1911); The Cup of Comus (1915); The Days of Used to Be (1913); The Garden of Dreams (1896); The Giant and the Star (1909); The Message of the Lilies (1913); The Poems of Madison Cawein. Volumes 1–5 (1907); The Poet and Nature and the Morning Road (1914); The Poet, the Fool and the Faeries (1912); The Republic, A Little Book of Homespun Verse (1913); The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy);  and Other Plays (1910); The Triumph of Music and Other Lyrics (1888); The Vale of Tempe (1905); The White Snake and Other Poems (1895); Undertones (1896); Weeds by the Wall (1901); Whatever the Path (1913).

Born on this day – Rudyard Kipling:

Rudyard Kipling

Writer

December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936

Credits:

Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); Rewards and Fairies (1910); The Jungle Book (1893); The Second Jungle Book (1895); The Light That Failed (1890); The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West (1892); Captains Courageous (1897); The Story of the Gadsbys (1899); Under The Deodars (1899); Kim (1901); They (1905); With the Night Mail (1909); The Man Who Would Be King (1888); The Return of Imray (1891); The Cat That Walked by Himself (1902); Plain Tales from the Hills (1888); The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories (1888); Life's Handicap (1891); Barrack-Room Ballads (1893); Many Inventions (1893); Soldiers Three (1899); Indian Tales (1899); Just So Stories (1902); The Five Nations (1903); Traffics and Discoveries (1904); Kipling Poems (1907); The Day's Work (1908); Actions and Reactions (1909); Sea Warfare (1916); A Diversity of Creatures (1917); The Eyes of Asia (1919); Rudyard Kipling's Verse (1923); The Man Who Was (1924); Debits And Credits (1926); Limits And Renewals (1932); All The Mowgli Stories (1933); Phantoms and Fantasies (1965); Complete Verse (1972); Kiplings Science Fiction (1987); The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1987); Kipling's Fantasy Stories (1992); The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1994); Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1999); The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales (2000); The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra (2003); Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages (2005); Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy (2008); Ten Stories (2017); The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book (2018); The Elephant's Child (1900); Letters of Marque (2009); Red Riding Hood (2008); Cinderella (2008); Jack and the Beanstalk (2008); Hansel and Gretel (2008); Beauty and the Beast (2008); Snow White (2009); Rumpelstiltskin (2009); Sleeping Beauty (2009); The Three Little Pigs (2009); Rapunzel: The Graphic Novel (2009); The Ugly Duckling (2009); The Princess and the Pea (2009); The Emperor's New Clothes (2009); Thumbelina (2009); The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (2010); John Henry, Hammerin' Hero (2010); Pecos Bill, Colossal Cowboy (2010); The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (2010); The Bremen Town Musicians (2011); The Golden Goose (2011); Tom Thumb (2011); The Elves and the Shoemaker (2011); How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (2012); How the Leopard Got His Spots (2012); How the Camel Got His Hump (2012); How the Elephant Got His Trunk (2012); Rudyard Kipling's Just So Comics (2013); Tall (2014); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A St. Nicholas Anthology (1969); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1989); A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling (1989); Tales of the Occult (1989); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Fantasy Stories (1994); The Anthology of Love and Romance (1994); Spellbound (1995); World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others (1997); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); Time Machines (1997); A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories (2000); Dark (2000); On Glorious Wings (2003); The World's Greatest Horror Stories (2004); The Little Big Book of California (2005); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (2007); Empire Tales (2008); Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2011); The Phantom Coach (2014); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); Red Sky (2014); The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories (2015); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); The Occult Fiction Collection (2019); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); Classic Cat Stories (2020); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023).