Mats Norrman wrote:

>But as far as I am concerned, there was actually an 8. Symphony by
>Sibelius hand.  There is at least one letter by Sibelius to his publisher
>in England saved, that discusses the publication of an 8th Symphony.
>However during the correspondance Sibelius obviously changed his mind and
>just stopped replying.  Apperently he destroyed his symphony, as it has
>never been found.  Some new biographers mention this.  Robert Laytons
>relatively new biography spring to mind.

As I have mentioned before, for those interested in some fanciful
speculative fiction about Sibelius and his Eighth Symphony, I recommend a
novel by William Trotter called *Winter Fire*, which was first to this list
a few years ago by another subscriber.

Walter Meyer