I grew up in the Sixties, when the music was very open, ... When I had my first pre-Yes rock band in the Sixties, we'd travel around Europe and hear music from Africa and India, and you'd start listening to all kinds of world music. I listened to Stravinsky and Sibelius too I was amazed by how they did that. In the Seventies that all came out in pop-rock music.
Quotes about sibelius (2 Quotes)
The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.