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Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

Jean Sibelius

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Jean Sibelius
Age: 91 †
Born: 1865
Born: December 8
Died: 1957
Died: September 20
Composer
Conductor
Musicologist
University Teacher
Violinist
Tavastehus
Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
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