…Finland…first spoke Swedish, since Finland then controlled by Sweden…lived 1865
to 1957,
oldest of our SPARKLER
makers…heavy drinker and smoker, throat cancer, 1908,
successful operation…name really Johann, changed to Jean; name, of respected
relative
who died of yellow fever in Havana, Cuba…Goulding rank, #28.
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SIBELIUS…Finlandia…from
Finnish nationalist work for orchestra, 1899.
