ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
music production? It has lived though all hard times and will last. This is not “old”, this
is not “new”. I stress that in my position these terms have lost any essential meaning in
1
Boris Tesnov. A Short History of Estonian People. Vancouver – Tartu 2001. Jaak Uibu, Chairman of the
Estonian Medical Council, MD, PhD, pp.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
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