Jean Sibelius is clearly one of the great composers in history, but somehow seems to lack name recognition among music lovers. A giant in his homeland of Finland, he rose to national prominence there and is still a household name there. He was a rather modern figure too, and lived until 1957, when he died at the ripe old age of 92.
He has a number of masterful works, but I find myself coming back to Finlandia frequently.
