ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC
MUSIC
APPENDIX C. RECORDINGS OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC.
APPENDIX D. SCORES OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC PUBLISHED.
APPENDIX E. CHRONOLOGY OF ESTONIAN SYMPHONIES.
The compiling of this register was a complicated task because in the creative
consciousness of Estonian composers the notion “symphony” has changed into a
somewhat misty idea. Works have been written that may only conditionally be called
symphonies, mixed with other genres, sometimes turned into divertissements, light
entertainment, into collage etc. However, this register includes compositions that
Estonians have a right to be proud of and due to the industrious and meritorious work
of the conductor Neeme Järvi, have been popularised all over the world and has a firm
place in the musical production of the Twentieth century.
The symphony is not a worn out genre, it still synthesises many facets of human
nature, eternal polarised elements, the struggle between them and the differing results.