Publications

The JSW volumes appear in hard covers. The German publishers Breitkopf & Härtel also produces separate paperback editions and performance materials based on the JSW editions.

Index

The complete Jean Sibelius Works is divided into nine series and is projected to appear in approximately 60 volumes.

Series I: Orchestral Works (27 volumes)
Series II: Works for Violin (Cello) and Orchestra (3 volumes)
Series III: Works for String Orchestra and Wind Orchestra (2 volumes)
Series IV: Chamber Music (7 volumes)
Series V: Works for Piano (5 volumes)
Series VI: Works for the Stage and Melodramas (ca. 7 volumes)
Series VII: Choral Works (7 volumes)
Series VIII: Works for Solo Voice (4 volumes)
Series IX: Varia (1 volume)

Volumes Published to Date

Blue JSW volumes of which one opened on the table.

By clicking the volume number at the beginning of each row, you can open the Contents in Doria repository.

Publisher’s web site: Breitkopf & Härtel.

I Orchestral and Symphonic Works

  • I/1.1–3, I/1.4 Kullervo, Op. 7, ed. by Glenda Dawn Goss (2005)
  • I/2 Symphony No. 1, Op. 39, ed. by Timo Virtanen (2008)
  • I/3 Symphony No. 2, Op. 43, ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen (2000)
  • I/4 Symphony No. 3, Op. 52, ed. by Timo Virtanen (2009)
  • I/5 Symphony No. 4, Op. 63, ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2020) press release
  • I/7 Symphony No. 6, Op. 104, ed. by Kai Lindberg (2021) press release
  • I/8 Symphony No. 7, Op. 105, ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen (2010)
  • I/9 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Skogsrået [Op. 15], Improvisation/Vårsång [Op. 16/1894], Vårsång Op. 16, ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2006)
  • I/10 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, En saga, Op. 9 (two versions), ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2009)
  • I/11 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Cassazione, Op. 6 (two versions), ed. by Timo Virtanen (2011)
  • 12a Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Lemminkäinen, Op. 22 (early versions), ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2013) press release
  • I/12b Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Lemminkäinen, Op. 22 (revised versions), ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2013) press release
  • 1/13 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Opp. 45, 49, 53, ed. by Timo Virtanen (2022) press release
  • I/15 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Scénes historiques I, II, ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen (2015)
  • I/16 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Aallottaret, Op. 73 (two versions), Tapiola, Op. 112, ed. by Nors S. Josephson and Kari Kilpeläinen (2012) press release
  • I/17 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Overture in E, Balettscen, ed. by Tuija Wicklund (2016) press release
  • I/22 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Opp. 26, 44, 62, 96a, 96c, ed. by Timo Virtanen (2020) press release

II Works for Violin and Orchestra

  • II/1 Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (two versions), ed. by Timo Virtanen (2014) press release
  • II/1A Violin Concerto,Op. 47 (violin and piano), ed. by Timo Virtanen (2017) press release

III Works for String Orchestra and for Wind Instruments

  • III/1  Works for String Orchestra, ed. by Pekka Helasvuo and Tuija Wicklund (2017) press release

IV Chamber Music

  • IV/1 Chamber Music with Piano: trios, ed. by Folke Gräsbeck and Anna Pulkkis (2021) press release
  • IV/4 String Quartets, ed. by Pekka Helasvuo and Tuija Wicklund (2022) press release
  • IV/6 Works for Violin and Piano, ed. by Anna Pulkkis (2018) press release

V Works for Piano

  • V/1 Works for Piano (Opp. 5, 12, 24, 34, 40, 41), ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen (2002)
  • V/2 Works for Piano (Opp. 58, 67, 68, 74, 75, 76), ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen (2008)
  • V/3 Works for Piano (Opp. 85, 94, 96a, 96c, 97, 99, 101, 103, 114), ed. by Anna Pulkkis (2011)
  • V/4 Works for Piano (without Op. No.), ed. by Anna Pulkkis (2014) press release

VII Works for Choir

  • VII/1 Works for Choir (a cappella), ed. by Sakari Ylivuori (2012)
  • VII/2 Works for Male Choir (a cappella), ed. by Sakari Ylivuori (2015)
  • VII/3 Works for Choir and Orchestra (Opp. 19, 28, 29, 30), ed. by Sakari Ylivuori (2019) press release

VIII Solo Songs

  • VIII/1 Solo songs with Orchestra (Op. 3; excerpt from Op. 7; Op. 13, No. 4; Op. 17, No. 1; Op. 33; Op. 36, No. 6; Op. 37, No. 3; Op. 38, Nos. 1–3; Op. 57, No. 6; Op. 60, No. 1; Op. 70; Op. 96b; JS 168), ed. by Kari Kilpeläinen and Timo Virtanen (2003)
  • VIII/2 Solo Songs with Piano (Opp. 1, 13, 17, 35–38, 50), ed. by Jukka Tiilikainen (1998)
  • VIII/3 Solo Songs with Piano (Opp. 57, 61, 72, 86, 88, 90), ed. by Jukka Tiilikainen (2000)
  • VIII/4 Solo Songs with Piano (including duets, works without Op. No., and Sibelius’s arrangements; Opp. 3, 33, 70, 96b, and from Opp. 7, 27, 46, 51, 60), ed. by Jukka Tiilikainen (2005)

Volumes in Progress

Pages of musical manuscripts and editions one on top of the other.
  • I/6a, 6b Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (two versions), ed. by Timo Virtanen
  • I/19 Orchestral and Symphonic Works, Opp. 10, 11, and 27, ed. by Tuija Wicklund
  • III/2 Works for Wind Orchestra, ed. by Janne Kivistö
  • IV/3 Chamber Music with Piano: Quintet, JS 159, ed. by Anna Pulkkis
  • IV/5 Chamber Music without Piano, ed. by Pekka Helasvuo and Tuija Wicklund
  • VI/6 Works for the Stage, JS 53, 115, and 137, ed. by Kai Lindberg
  • VII/4 Works for Choir and Orchestra, Opp. 31, 32, 33, 48, and 91, ed. by Sakari Ylivuori

Addenda and Corrigenda

Addenda & Corrigenda lists are available for the following volumes:

  • I/2 Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
  • I/3 Symphony No. 2, Op. 43
  • I/4 Symphony No. 3, Op. 52
  • I/10 Works for Orchestra, En saga, Op. 9
  • V/1 Works for Piano
  • VIII/1 Solo Songs with Orchestra
  • VIII/2–4 Solo Songs with Piano

Selected Literature

The selection below includes monographs and articles that relate to the research done in JSW.

General

  • Tiirikka Marjo, ”Sibeliuksen käsikirjoitusten kertomaa” Kansalliskirjaston vuosi 2021: 24–27.
  • Teema: Sibelius-tutkimuksen uusi aikakausi.” Kansalliskirjasto 4/2015: 4–35.
  • Virtanen Timo, ed. “One must live every note. Jean Sibelius’s decades in music.” Helsinki: SKS, 2015.
  • Häkli Esko, ”Jean Sibeliuksen kootut teokset: vuosisataishanke”. Bibliophilos 4/2015: 4–10.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Jean Sibelius Works – Practical Consequences of a Critical Edition”. The National Library of Finland Bulletin 2010.
  • Wicklund Tuija, “Jean Sibelius Complete Works. Introduction and Case Studies.” Die Tonkunst. Magazin für klassische Musik und Musikwissenschaft 4/2007: 355–368.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Jean Sibelius Works – Ten Years On”. Finnish Music Quarterly 1/2007: 24–25.
  • Häkli Esko, “Jean Sibelius samlade verk” in Musikvidenskabelige kompositioner. Festskrift til Niels Krabbe. København: Det Kongelige Bibliotek 2006. (Danish Humanist Texts and Studies, vol. 34), pp. 693–707.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Latest Thoughts on Sibelius’s ‘letzten Gedanken’”. The National Library of Finland Bulletin 2006: 20–23.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Jean Sibelius Edition”. Proceedings. Nordic Music Editions. Symposium 1–2 September 2005 (ed. Niels Krabbe). Copenhagen: The Royal Library 2006, pp. 96–100.
  • Kilpeläinen Kari, ”Sibeliuksen musiikkikäsikirjoituksista ja niiden kriittisestä toimittamisesta”, Hundra vägar har min tanke. Festskrift till Fabian Dahlström. Helsinki: WSOY 2000, pp. 88–97.
  • Dahlström Fabian, “JSW – en redaktionell kommentar”, Musiikki 3/1998: 251–263.
  • Kilpeläinen Kari, “Jean Sibeliuksen kootut teokset – katsaus hankkeen alkuvaiheisiin”, Musiikki 3/1998: 235–250.
  • Kilpeläinen Kari, “Sibeliuksen musiikillisista lähteistä”, Musiikki 3/1998: 264–283.
  • Kilpeläinen Kari, Tutkielmia Jean Sibeliuksen käsikirjoituksista, PhD diss. (Studia musicologica universitatis Helsingiensis III), Helsinki, 1992.

Special Issues

  • Väisänen Risto, ”Vielä Sibeliuksen pinneistä, suurpiirteisyydestä, intentiosta. Kommentteja JSW:n vastineeseen”, Musiikki 1–2/2000: 115–127.
  • Väisänen Risto, “Sibeliuksen ’pinnit’. Kommentteja Sibeliuksen teosten kokonaislaitoksen (JSW) editointiratkaisuista ja –periaatteista Höstkväll-laulun uuden edition pohjalta”, Musiikki 3/1999: 293–318.
  • Dahlström Fabian, Kilpeläinen Kari, Murtomäki Veijo, Tiilikainen Jukka, “Sibeliuksen ’pinneistä’ ja muista JSW-ongelmista. Kommentteja Risto Väisäselle”, Musiikki 3/1999: 319–334.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Sibeliuksen kaksoiskaaret – editoriaalinen ongelma”. Musiikki 3/1999: 277–292.
  • Väisänen Risto, “Problems in performance studies of Sibelius’s orchestral works”. Sibelius Forum: proceedings from the second International Jean Sibelius Conference, Helsinki, 25-29 November, 1995. Helsinki: Sibelius Academy 1998, pp. 129–141.

I Orchestral Works

  • Wicklund Tuija, Jean Sibelius’s En saga and its two versions: genesis, reception, edition, and form. DMus Diss. Helsinki: Sibelius Academy 2014.
  • Wicklund Tuija, ”Lemminkäinen syntyy uudesti”. Musiikki 3–4/2011: 131–144.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1. Sources and Critical Edition”. Philomusica On-Line Vol. 9 No. 2 (2010), pp. 103–113.
  • Wicklund Tuija, “Problematic sources for Jean Sibelius’s tone poem En saga” Philomusica On-Line Vol. 9 No. 2 (2010), pp. 88–102.
  • Wicklund Tuija, “The Critical Editing of Skogsrået: Sources, Performance History, and Related Works” in Sibelius in the Old and New World. Aspects of His Music, Its Interpretation, and Reception. Timothy L. Jackson, Veijo Murtomäki, Colin Davis, Timo Virtanen (eds.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010, pp. 307–318.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Jean Sibeliuksen ensimmäisen sinfonian kriittinen editio”. Musiikki 3–4/2009: 6–25.
  • Wicklund Tuija, ”The Wood Nymph worldwide” The National Library of Finland Bulletin 2009.
  • Virtanen Timo, ”Die Manuskripte zu Sibelius’ Sinfonie Nr. 3”. Die Tonkunst. Magazin für klassische Musik und Musikwissenschaft 4/2007: 369–382.
  • Wicklund Tuija, “Jean Sibelius’s Skogsrået and Vårsång”, Proceedings. Nordic Music Editions. Symposium 1–2 September 2005 (ed. Niels Krabbe). Copenhagen: The Royal Library 2006, pp. 37–44.
  • Virtanen Timo, Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3: Manuscript Study and Analysis. DMus diss., Helsinki: Sibelius Academy, 2005.
  • Goss Glenda, “A Backdrop for Young Sibelius: The Intellectual Genesis of the Kullervo Symphony”, 19th-Century Music XXVII/1 (2003): 48–73.
  • Kilpeläinen Kari, “Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony: An Introduction to the Manuscript and Printed Sources”, Sibelius Companion. Glenda Dawn Goss (ed.). Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996, pp. 239–270.

V Works for Piano

VII Works for Choir

VIII Works for Solo Voice

  • Pulkkis Anna, Alternatives to monotonality in Jean Sibelius’s solo songs. DMus Diss. Helsinki: Sibelius Academy, 2014.
  • Tiilikainen Jukka, “Uusi laitos Sibeliuksen laulusta Höstkväll”, Musiikki 3/1998: 284–307.
  • Tiilikainen Jukka, “Palapelistä teokseksi – Sibeliuksen laulun Dolce far niente synnystä musiikillisten lähteiden perusteella”, Musiikki 3/1998: 308–344.