Jean Sibelius (Dec. 8, 1865 – Sept. 20, 1957)

Jean Sibelius died 52 years ago

Jean Sibelius was born as Johan Julius Christian Sibelius on December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna. He composed Finlandia. Mr. Sibelius died on September 20, 1957 in Järvenpää, Finland.

Jean Sibelius died 51 years ago

Composer (of Finlandia) Johan Julius Christian "Jean" Sibelius was born on December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Mr. Sibelius died on September 20, 1957 in Järvenpää, Finland.

Jean Sibelius died today – 50 years ago

Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born on December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. He said, “I do not think of a symphony only as music in this or that number of bars, but rather as an expression of a spiritual creed, a phase in one's inner life." [I haven’t written a symphony yet. Perhaps I could string together a few songs.]... Mr. Sibelius died in 1957 in Järvenpää, Finland.

Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős was born on March 26, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary. He said, “A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." [Oh, I get it.]... Mr. Erdős died in 1996 in Warsaw, Poland.