ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
REPUBLICAN PERIOD.
HALF A CENTURY UNDER SOVIET OCCUPATION. IDEOLOGY OVER MUSIC.
EXTENSIVE INFLUX OF CONTEMPORARY TRENDS.
VIII. THE FORTIES. TRANSFORMATION OF ESTONIAN LIFE. THE WAR-TIME
SYMPHONIC OUTPUT.
IX. THE PLANTING OF NEW CREATIVE PRINCIPLES DURING THE POST-WAR YEARS.
X. THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIFTIES. TOWARDS A MODERN IDIOM: EINO
TAMBERG AND VELJO TORMIS.
XI. THE NEOCLASSICISM AND CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING OF JAAN RÄÄTS.
XII. THE FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTIES. DODECAPHONY OF ARVO PÄRT.
XIII. THE DRAMATIC PHILOSOPHICAL OUTPUT OF HELMUT ROSENVALD.
XIV. THE ELEMENTS OF JAZZ, FOLK MUSIC AND DODECAPHONY IN THE
SYMPHONISM OF ANTI MARGUSTE.
XV. HEIMAR ILVES AND HIS MUSIC – DEEP IN THOUGHT AND FEELING.
XVI. THE POST-WAR SYMPHONIES OF EDUARD TUBIN. DEEPENING ACCENT ON
PSYCHOLOGIC-DRAMATIC EXPRESSION.
XVII. THE SECOND HALF OF THE SIXTIES. THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IN
THE ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. JAAN KOHA. ESTER MÄGI. KULDAR SINK.
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