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Jean Sibelius

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Jean Sibelius is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Richard Strauss, Robert Kajanus and Anton Bruckner. Those roots explain a lot about how Jean Sibelius arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Bruckner and Robert Schumann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Enjoy the Silence, Oskar Merikanto, Lauri Porra, Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Jean Sibelius, reaching back through Richard Strauss and forward to Enjoy the Silence. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jean SibeliusRichard StraussRobert KajanusAnton BrucknerEnjoy the SilenceOskar MerikantoLauri PorraAnthony PhillipsTony BanksClose to the EdgeKurt AtterbergSweet TripJohannes BrahmsMaurice RavelLudwig van BeethovenAnton BrucknerRobert SchumannGabriel FauréEdvard GriegPyotr Ilyich Tchaiko…

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Jean Sibelius connections

Jean Sibelius grew out of Richard Strauss, Robert Kajanus and Anton Bruckner, shares an orbit with Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Ludwig van Beethoven and Anton Bruckner, went on to shape Enjoy the Silence, Oskar Merikanto, Lauri Porra and Anthony Phillips. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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