Tim Dickinson wrote:

>>Sibelius went down prior to the finals, due in part to forfeiting a couple
>>of matches as he simply didn't write enough symphonies to fullfill the
>>lifetime standard of nine.  And he has noone to blame but himself, having
>>lived 34 years after composing his seventh.

Roger Hecht wrote:

>At least he didn't need help finishing his last.

All of them were Finnish.

Mimi Ezust