ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
315-316. From his lecture to the Presidental Academic Council.
October 4, 1995.
2
B. Tesnov. A History of Estonian People. Lee Hoeckstader, the foreign editor of the Washington Post,
p.330.
3
B. Tesnov. A Short History of Estonian People. Conclusion to the book by its author. P.391.
music. We have to hold and protect our own. Imitation, borrowing and adoption in the
arts may demean and overshadow our national capabilities.
A sober look at the whole condition, disavowing stagnant fashionable
viewpoints was offered by conductor Andres Mustonen:
Painful processes have taken place in the 20th century. It is consoling, though, that all what has
arisen of considered valuable during our long music history, endured, being impossible to
destroy. The 20th century turned away from the primary sources, the changes have rather taken
place on the surface. The century has been expanding for the new, all the time disclaiming the
former at the same time