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Like the rest of his output, Sibelius's piano music follows the pattern of his stylistic development. One can certainly agree with the latter view. As a whole they show the same general development as the composer's larger works.' However, Erik Tawaststjerna (1955) took a different view: 'Many of Sibelius's piano compositions are quite remarkable both as regards their form and their musical material, and they have a personal piano style which is well-suited to the character of the instrument. Writing in 1931 (actually before all Sibelius's piano works had been published) Cecil Gray claimed that there was no development in the piano works - apart from their insignificance - and that the last piano compositions were clearly inferior to earlier works.

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Overall, Sibelius wrote works for the piano as follows: - over 150 piano works, about 115 of which were published with an opus number, plus approximately 35 more that remain unpublished - several dozen piano arrangements of his orchestral works - approximately 110 songs with piano accompaniment - over 50 chamber music works with a piano part (works for violin and piano and for cello and piano also piano trios, piano quartets and a piano quintet).Altogether, we find that the piano is included in more than half of Sibelius's compositions, i.e. Besides, if he had not liked the instrument it would have been quite strange for him to 'masochistically' compose a huge amount of music where the piano is either the solo instrument or part of a chamber music ensemble.

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According to contemporaries Sibelius had considerable pianistic skills, charming his audience with his improvised fantasies, even if he was not a professional pianist. Otherwise he would scarcely have used the piano throughout his life as a practical instrument, one on which he improvised and gained new ideas.

Sibelius' statement to Levas must come closest to the truth. Sibelius added that one day his piano pieces might become as popular as those of Schumann.' 'I know that they have a secure future, I know it despite the fact that they have completely fallen into oblivion.'.

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He appreciated them to the full and considered the opinion of the musical world unfair. On the other hand, according to his secretary Santeri Levas (1960), 'Sibelius himself had a completely different view of his piano pieces. as a matter of fact the piano does not interest me because it cannot sing.' He said to his pupil Bengt von TГ¶rne (1937): 'I write piano pieces in my spare moments. Sibelius seemed to provide ammunition for the views of his critics by a few careless remarks. 'there are technical difficulties, to be sure, but generally the piano texture is melodious and colourful - but unlike any other piano style'. In Sibelius's piano music everything works, everything sings - but on its own terms.' Gould's conclusion was absolutely positive: 'Sibelius was able to make a significant addition to the far too limited piano repertoire of late Romanticism.' According to Eero Heinonen According to Gould 'Sibelius never wrote against the grain of the keyboard. Pianists such as Ilmari Hannikainen, Glenn Gould, Erik Tawaststjerna and Eero Heinonen have seen Sibelius's personal way of writing for the piano as an interesting challenge, and none of them has doubted Sibelius's mastery of the instrument. On the other hand, pianists who have taken the trouble to study the music itself have without exception praised Sibelius's piano style for its originality and its suitability for the instrument. Those who have found fault with Sibelius's piano music have usually been music writers or critics. One wonders if he was supposed to write only symphonies and let his large family starve.

Symphonies and songs.' Anyway, it seems absurd to blame a professional composer for trying to maintain his family in the only way he could, by writing music for money. He wrote in his diary (16th May 1910): 'One has to combine things great and small. But for Sibelius himself there was no aesthetic problem. Few great composers have received as much criticism as Sibelius for writing miniatures - especially small-scale piano and violin pieces - instead of concentrating on large orchestral works, and above all on symphonies.