Resilient Voices: Estonian Choirs and Song Festivals in World War II Displaced Person Camps

Contents

• Chapter 1: Estonian Self-Determination through Music: the "Time of Awakening"
• Chapter 2: We Will Go Home Soon: Estonian Displaced Persons Camps in Post War Germany
• Chapter 3: "So We Decided to Start a Choir": Forming Choirs in the DP Camps
• Chapter 4: Welcome to the Singing Party!: The 1947 Augsburg Song Festival
• Chapter 5:" First I Chose Songs that Everyone Knew": Choir Directors, Scores, Repertoire, and Composers in Estonian Displaced Person Camps
• Chapter 7: Song Festivals and Resilience: Singing Toward a Brighter Future
• Appendices:
• A: Choral Music Timeline
• B: Maps
• B.1 Map of Estonia with locations mentioned in book.
• B.2 Map of Estonian DP Camps in Germany 1945- 1952.
• C: List of Repertoire from Camps
• D: Handwritten Scores Used in the Camps:
• D.1-D.9 Aino M gi scores,
• D.10-D.20 Inno Salasoo scores