ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Several writers and artists used the
state subsidies to study abroad. There was also a special fund for publishing Estonian
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”Pilk tulevikku” (A Glance into the future) Looming (1923): 292-293.
music, but the subsidy was small and the publishers had to confine themselves to
chamber music.
The Estonian novel strode along the path of progress. Anton Hansen Tammsaare
would become a celebrated author with his pentalogy Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice1)
published between 1926-1933. The main characters, belonging to several generations of
Estonians, would diversely reflect on the meaning of life. The opus is a cross-section of
the evolution of Estonian society: the story of the struggle to develop an understanding
of the land, community, themselves, God, and death.
International literary connections were mainly promoted by the Estonian branch
of International PEN (founded in1928)2. Western innovations in literature, for example
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