ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
The tone poem Viirastused (Ghosts) was an artistic
reflection of his visit to the famous Paris underground cemetery. His period of renewal
was introduced by the tone poem Öö hüüded (Night Calls, 1920), inspired by the
impressions of a stormy night he spent in an empty seaside summer cottage.2
The restlessness of the main theme becomes menacing:
Example 25.
1
Juhan Aavik. Eesti muusika ajalugu III (History of Estonian Music III) (Stockholm: Kirjastus Eesti
Lauljaskond Rootsis, 1969) 29.
2
First performance in Tartu’s Vanemuine Theatre, 8 Apr. 1921, the orchestra was conducted by the
composer.
The contrasting second image exerts an almost epic influence:
Example 26.
Eller’s creative thinking is not confined within certain forms; there are no strict
classical principles in the developmental process. With the nightly sensations like fear
and the “complaining of phantoms”, epic and lyric moods are expressed. In the
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