tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post9065726984692138752..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Sibelius: Symphonic Endings, part 4Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-66972906758388449942019-07-08T00:14:32.825-05:002019-07-08T00:14:32.825-05:00Actually there was a book, albeit little noted, th...Actually there was a book, albeit little noted, that analyzed the Symphony 6 and some of the other symphonies by Lionel Pike: Beethoven, Sibelius and the Profound Logic (1978). The ending is not exactly D Dorian because of the Bb. G Dorian not D Dorian has one flat. The natural C does inflect the minor key towards Dorian. I would say the quarter note rest and the unexpected pianissimo strings 11 measures before the end was a clever non harmonic way to definitely signal an imminent closing.Maurynoreply@blogger.com