Two Songs, Op. 35 (Sibelius)

{{Short description|Collection of art songs by Jean Sibelius (1908)}}

{{Infobox musical composition

| name = Six Songs, Op. 35

| type = Song collection

| composer = {{nowrap|Jean Sibelius}}

| image = Sibelius à Ainola 1907.gif

| image_upright = 1

| caption = The composer ({{c.|1907}})

| border = Yes

| language = Swedish

| opus = 35

| composed = {{start date|1908}}

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{{external media

| topic = Sung by Karita Mattila, accompanied by {{nowrap|{{ill|Ilmo Ranta|fi}}}} (No. 1); sung by Tom Krause, accompanied by Irwin Gage (No. 2)

| audio1 = 1) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEqKkPCPbzI "{{lang|sv|Jubal|italics=no}}"]

| audio2 = 2) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytYpYlKNp-I "{{lang|sv|Teodora|italics=no}}"]

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The Two Songs, Op. 35,{{efn|Because Sibelius's Op. 35 songs are sung in Swedish, this article gives preference to each song's native title, rather than the English translation.}} is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written in 1908 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.{{efn|All but a few of Sibelius's songs are settings of Swedish-language poems (quantitatively, his favorite poets were Ernst Josephson, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Viktor Rydberg, and {{ill|Karl August Tavaststjerna|fi|}}){{sfn|Layton|1993|pp=160–161}} and are with piano accompaniment. While many are of high quality, they largely have been neglected outside the Nordic realm, due to the limited coverage (in terms of number of speakers) of Swedish (relative to, for example, German or French).{{sfn|Layton|1993|pp=159–160}}}} Though considered "masterpieces", the two songs are among the "strangest" songs in Sibelius's oeuvre. "{{lang|sv|Jubal|italics=no}}" (No. 1), furthermore, anticipates Luonnotar, the tone poem for soprano and orchestra (Op. 70, 1913).{{sfnm|1a1=Barnett|1y=2007|1p=191|2a1=Layton|2y=1993|2pp=161, 168}}