Ancient Song Recovered:: The Life And Music of Veljo Tormis (Dimension & Diversity Series)

An American musicologist focusing on French vocal music and Estonian choral music, Daitz presents a study of Estonian composer Tormis, who has made the ancient Estonian traditional song, or regilaul a fundamental characteristic of his style, either using actual folk melodies and texts or integrating aspects of Balto-Finnic folk music into his settings of 20th-century music. By teaching the form in schools and community centers, she says, he is giving back to the Estonian people a heritage that was slipping away. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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