http://www.kaiku.com/ainola.html Article on his house and his domestic life. Includes separate article on his songs for solo voice and additional links. http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/ainola.html Presentation on the woodland house he moved to with his wife by Professor Irmeli Niemi. http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/sibelius.html Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Over 10 complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. http://www.classiccat.net/sibelius_j/index.htm Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3228/Sibelius/ Provides background on his early years, his learning Finnish, and his schooling. Includes adult and childhood pictures and links to other composers. http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/sibeli.html Short biography emphasizing major works. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/takefive/composers/SIBELIUS/J_SIBELIUS.html Annotated directory of articles, pictures, and RealAudio samples. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/sibelius.html Classical Music Pages essay from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. Also detailed information about his symphonies with sound clips in WAV and MP3 format. http://www.abo.fi/fak/hf/musik/Sibelius/EN/index.htm An extensively illustrated account of the composer's life divided into chapters on individual pages from the Sibelius Museum. http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/sibelius.html Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary entry with life, works, MIDI audio file, and illustrations. http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/pdebode/ A catalogue of his works, select bibliography, and links. http://home.hkstar.com/~l281868/sibelius.htm Includes MIDI samples from the works and an interview with the composer. http://www.flash.net/~park29/stokowskiln.htm Reflections on the composer's life and work, including the stark contrasts in his music, by conductor Leopold Stokowski. Main focus on Symphony No. 2. http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/sibelius.html Biography topics include Finnish inspiration, patriotism as art, setbacks, greatness from a bleak setting, growing isolation, Anglo-Saxon admiration. Also an interview in WAV and RAM audio formats. http://www.hnh.com/composer/sibelius.htm Brief biography and caricature with summaries of stage works and orchestral and chamber music with recommended Naxos recordings. http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/sibelius1957.html Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers. http://www.flash.net/~park29/sibelius.htm Celebrative biography, links, reviews, essays by Ormandy and Stokowski, and illustrations. http://www.sibeliussociety.com Musical biography and information about the Society.