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Veljo Tormis

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Estonian composer (1930–2017)

Person · Open Library

Born
1930
Works
21

Top works

  • Ancient song recovered
  • The Bishop and The Pagan
  • Childhood Memory (Herding Calls)
  • Eesti kalendrilaulud
  • Four Estonian Lullabies

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12,239
Total plays
137,253

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Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the greatest choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. He is internationally famous for his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs (regilaulud), either textually, melodically, or merely stylistically. <a href="https

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