ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
and Arvo Pärt. In its best and exact sense symphonism means the creation of a sublime
philosophical idea in music in an intense extensive and developing form. Symphonism
is a way of thinking through the medium of music and therefore perhaps the most
prefect way in its singularity. Only an artist whose inner world is rich in thought and
perception and who is endowed with a strong faculty of logical thinking and powerful
fantasy, can develop into a symphonist. In symphonism both the dynamics of inner and
outer world conflicts, collisions and dialectics springing from the synthesis of opposing
forces are revealed. Due to these qualities symphonism becomes apparent in opera,
oratorio, concerto and chamber music. However, the broadest opportunities for the
method are pronounced in orchestral music.
From a historical standpoint we can divide the evolution of Estonian symphonic
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