ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
All components of expression are
equalised.
Searching for Roots (Hommage a Sibelius, 1990)1 for orchestra is quite a short
piece, composed on the commission of the Helsinki City Orchestra.
Example 237.
The opus is principally atonal and dodecaphonic, linear in counterpoint, rich in
moving sound fields, clusters and limited aleatorics.
The Finnish musicologist Seppo Heikinheimo wrote:
In this short piece (less than five minutes) we meet aphoristic punctuality and precision more
than in the Zarathustra of Richard Strauss. The composition of Tüür should be performed in
Finland regularly.2
In 1991, Tüür undertook studies at the Zentrum für Kunst and Medien in
Karlsruhe. After that, he has continued as a free-lance composer, as a teacher of
composition in the Tallinn State Conservatoire (up to 1993). In some works composed
in 1993 (Action, Passion, Illusion for strings), there is a greater tonal base, creating an
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