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Inside his living room, famed Finnish composer Jean Sibelius sits down to play his piano while smoking his cigar, Finland, 1927. Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a stronger national identity when his country was struggling from several attempts at Russification in the late 19th century.