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A Conductor’S Analysis Of Veljo Tormis’ Looduspildid, John David Frizzell
A Conductor’S Analysis Of Veljo Tormis’ Looduspildid, John David Frizzell
Theses and Dissertations--Music
Estonian composer Veljo Tormis (1930-2017) is one of the most prolific in his country’s history. A significant portion of his writing has been for choirs. Tormis composed most of his works under Soviet rule. During this communist reign of Estonia, Tormis turned to using traditional music. The source material for a large portion of Tormis’ choral output is regilaul, a type of ancient Estonian folk song. In 1991, Estonia gained their independence, thereby allowing Tormis’ compositions to be more easily seen, heard, and performed around the world.
This dissertation presents a conductor’s analysis of a set of choral cycles …