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