ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
By the turn of the
century the university town of Tartu retained its leading role as the cultural centre of
Estonia. The general level of cultural life was rising and the body of Estonian
intelligentsia was growing rapidly. Two distinct groups of the Estonian intelligentsia
can be identified. The faction in Tartu, gathered round the newspaper Postimees, was
led by Jaan Tõnisson (1868-1941?), a lawyer and politician, one of the founders of the
first Estonian bank in 1902 and establisher of the first Estonian political party
Rahvameelne Eduerakond (National Progressive Party) in 1905.1 The group in Tallinn
centred round the newspaper Teataja (The Announcer), and was headed by the lawyer
and politician Konstantin Päts (1874-1957). Among the members were the writers
Eduard Vilde (1865-1933), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940), and the philologist
Johann Voldemar Veski (1873-1968). The newspaper concentrated on economic
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