ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
raised it as I experienced everything I wanted to tell about my hero. 2
The oratorio consists of 38 sections arranged into 5 scenes. The dramatic tension of the
work is shown through the contrasting heavenly and mundane forces. The essential
message of Jonah to the people is to lead a pious, pure life and to surrender oneself to
God’s will. The composer was seized by the character of Jonah and saw him as a
symbol of moral resistance of a minority to the rulers of Nineveh. And the prophet
fulfils his mission.
Example 6. Leitmotif of God.
Example 7. Leitmotif of Jonah.
In 1910 Tobias wrote:
Ecclesiastical music exists and is a powerful agent that every serious musician must take
into consideration, whether he wishes it or not. Mystical threads are invisibly connecting
musical art and the religious world proceeding between superhuman and mysticism. The
composers of today are lacking the organ of interest in transcendental matters, but in
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