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The old conventional wisdom: Sibelius was a vulgar nationalist (à la Wagner) and a windy Romantic bore.
Although many Scottish nobles were dedicated to the cause of independence, others either bore grudges against the ruling king or held lands in England that they feared to lose.
This was called a florin (from the Italian fiorino little flower) because it bore a flower, a lily, the badge of the city.
The Washington Post 's Lloyd Rose calls the production "a preachy bore."
In that case, his endless kvetching about training and the rest of it is a bore to the reader, as I suspect it sometimes was to the president.