ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
1921, the composer
conducting.
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Lyric Pieces no.4 in op. 54.
There are several other images represented but as different aspects of the main
theme. The second phrase of the main theme remains the basis for the process of
development where its variants and sequential reflections dominate. The whole
monothematic work seems to be written in one breath. The richness in harmony also
results from an abundance of seventh chords. They are mostly secondary dominants,
fewer subdominants. Eller has not strictly followed any harmonic style: colours are
enriched by chromatics and instrumentation. From the colourful percussion instruments
only Glockenspiel has been added. The music is homophonic in essence and the purity
of timbres is not accentuated. This tone poem is almost a symbolic appearing on the
threshold of the birth of free Estonia.
The foundations for Estonian symphonic music were laid by strong creative
personalities
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