Ancient song recovered the life and music of Veljo Tormi

Known for over thirty years in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the music of Estonian composer Veljo Tormis (born 1930) was not heard in the West until the 1990s. Tormis has written more than 200 choral works, an opera, a ballet/cantata, thirty film scores,vocal and instrumental chamber music, s...

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Main Author: Daitz, Mimi S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hillsdale Pendragon Press 2004
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