ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
The Latvian musicologist Dr. Arnolds Klotinsh said:
This is an attempt towards variegation of musical dramaturgy... As a result we
recognise a certain turn towards philosophical dramatic symphonism, though it is confined in
the frame of a generalising objective mood of expression. The main shortcoming of the work is
the inadequacy between the principle of free contrasting of structures and an attempt to create
an extensive dramaturgic line... A broader question arises: must the wish to deepen the musical
figurativeness be expressed in an application of a specific kind of symphonism? The final
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answer to the question will be given by the inner conviction of the author himself.
The Festive Poem is a transitory work reflecting the search for a more clear and
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