ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Apart from being a composer Artur Kapp acted for some years as the opera
conductor of the Estonia Theatre, also conducting some symphony concerts. From 1920
onwards Kapp worked at the Tallinn Higher School of Music, in 1925 he became a
professor taking the chair of composition. Both with his creative output and teaching he
implanted the artistic principles of classical music in his students. He advised:
Do not seek, do not combine, do without twists and turns. Do not mechanise your music. Put
down what you feel in yourself naturally, but only then when your heart needs it. First work it
out in your fantasy.1
The main demands of the Maestro on his students were precision, clarity of
form, and logic of ideas. Before the Second World War more than thirty future
composers and musicologists studied under his guidance, notable among them were:
Evald Aav, Gustav Ernesaks, Eugen Kapp (his son), Hugo Lepnurm, Riho Päts, Villem
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