Jan Jarvlepp wrote:

>a great artist such as Sibelius who was never radical by nature but,
>nevertheless, very innovative in his use of forms and orchestration?
>He found his own personal solution by earnestly trying to be modern
>in his Symphony No. 4 and then realizing that the path of deliberate
>self-conscious modernity was not for him.  Considering the wonderful
>symphonies that followed, we can be happy that he found his own personal
>solution to his struggle.

Can somebody please explain forme what's wrong w/ Sibelius' Fourth
Symphony? It has long been my favorite Sibelius symphony.  Is this
just a case of misguided invocation of "de gustibus"?

Walter Meyer