ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Karl August Hindrey’s Urmas ja Merike (Urmas and Merike; both concerning the wars
waged in the Thirteenth century), and Artur Adson’s Neli kuningat (The Four Kings),
about the St. George’s Night Uprising in 1343. Kristjan Raud used archaic rural
charcoal drawing techniques for scenes of philosophical dimensions. His illustrations
for the jubilee edition of Kalevipoeg are stark, to the point and stylish. The awakened
consciousness in the past of the nation supports Juhan Liiv’s axiom: “One who does not
know the past will live without the present.” The substance of psychological
nationalism aroused concern about what features create a nation. The attention of
creative artists was fixed on the character, attitude, views and desires of the Estonian
people. Eduard Vilde wrote:
Being deeply disappointed with the development of our whole spiritual life in independent
Estonia, I consider it an urgent need to start a fixed cultural political foreign orientation to get
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