ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
It is not bad when a
composition has a captivating structure. But even more important is its ability to touch us
1
Paramahamsa Yoganda. Autobiographie eines Yogi. /Kapitel XV/ Otto Wilhelm Barth Verlag, Weilheim
1967
2
Alain Danielou. Ethical and Spiritual Values in Music. “The World of Music”, Berlin, Vol.XXII No.2,
1980, p.8.
3
Sathyam-Sivam-Sundaram. Part Two, p.177. The Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba by N.Kasturi.
Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications. Prashanti Nilayam. Anantapur, India 1973.
emotionally… something universally genuine with which the listeners of foreign countries may
identify themselves and what they can comprehend. 1
Every kind of genuine music is sacred. It turns endless eternal existence into the perceivable. A
Christian thinks that music can express God leading to Him at the same time, as He is the
highest condition for all spirituality in every day life. The purifying effect of music is the more