Jean Sibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1

Jean Sibelius's popular miniature Valse triste (1903) is tied to the music for the theatre play Kuolema, or Death, the author of which was the composer's brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt. It was heavily influenced by Sibelius's admiration for the Viennese waltz and the illustrious Johann