ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
UNO SOOMERE
ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC.
THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
AN OVERVIEW
With a Historical and Cultural Summary
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ESTONIAN COMPOSERS
CONTENTS
ESTONIA AND THE ESTONIANS
FOREWORD
IN THE FOLD OF TSARIST RUSSIA. EMERGENCE AND FIRST STEPS ON THE
CLASSICAL-ROMANTIC PATH.
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
I. MUSICAL LIFE IN TARTU AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. TRAILBLAZERS:
ALEKSANDER LÄTE, RUDOLF TOBIAS, ARTUR KAPP.
II. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ARTUR LEMBA: THE BEGINNING OF
ESTONIAN SYMPHONY AND OPERA.
III. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LIFE:
THE END OF THE TSARIST PERIOD.
THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA: THE INTRODUCTION OF
INNOVATIONS FROM WESTERN ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF
NATIONALLY ORIENTED MUSICAL TRENDS.
IV. THE TWENTIES. ARTUR KAPP: ROMANTICIST AND DRAMATIST.
V. THE INFLUENCE OF NEW WESTERN MUSIC...
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