Veljo Tormis
Born: 7th August 1930, Kuusalu, Estonia
Died: 21st January 2017
Nationality: Estonian
Veljo Tormis was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from 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.
His composition most often performed outside Estonia, Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine) (1972), invokes ancient Shamanistic traditions to construct an allegory about the evils of war. Some of his works were banned by the Soviet government, but because folk music was fundamental to his style most of his compositions were accepted by the censors.
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The Estonian composer has died at the age of 86.
All Works: Tormis
- 3 Estonian game songs (1)
- 4 Estonian lullabies (4)
- Äiutus (Lulling) (1)
- An Aboriginal Song (2)
- Bridge of Song (1)
- Childhood Memories (1)
- Crosswind (1)
- Curse upon Iron (3)
- Days of Outlawry (1)
- Double Dedication (1)
- Eesti kalendrilaulud (2)
- Estonian Lullaby: I sing for my child (1)
- Forget Me Not (1)
- Forging the Sampo (1)
- God Protect Us from War (1)
- Hamlet's Songs I (1)
- Helletused [Childhood Memory – Herding Calls] (2)
- Herding Calls – Childhood Memories (1)
- Incantation for a Stormy Sea (2)
- Jaanilaulud (2)
- Journey of the War Messenger (1)
- Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele (4)
- Kaksikpühendus (Diptühhon) [Double Dedication (Diptych)] (1)
- Kanabrik (1)
- Kihnu pulmalaulud (Kihnu Island Wedding Songs) (Texts: Trad.) (1)
- Kolm eesti mängulaulu (1)
- Kolm laulu eeposest "Kalevipoeg" (2)
- Kolm mul oli kaunist sõna (I Had Three Beautiful Words) (2)
- Kolm Setu töölaulu (1)
- Kolmteist eesti lüürilist rahvalaulu (1)
- Kord me tuleme tagasi (Meie varjud) [Once We Will Reappear] (1)
- Kullerkupp, Pääsusilm, Meelespea (1)
- Kullervo's Message (2)
- Kutse jaanitulele II (1)
- Kuus eesti lastelaulu (1)
- Laevas lauldakse (3)
- Latvian Bourdon Songs (1)
- Laulu palju (1)
- Laulusild (1)
- Let the Sun Shine (1)
- Litany to thunder (Pikse litaania) (2)
- Livonian heritage (1)
- Meestelaulud (1)
- Melancholy Songs (1)
- Men's Songs (2)
- Muistse Mere Laulud (2)
- Muistse mere laulud (Songs of the Ancient Sea) (2)
- Neli eesti hällilaulu (1)
- Neli Sangaste mängulaulu (1)
- Our Shadows (1)
- Overture No. 2 (4)
- Piispa ja pakana (The Bishop and the Pagan) (2)
- Raua Needmine (5)
- Reflections with Hando Runnel (1)
- Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscape) (Texts: Viivi Luik) (5)
- Suomalais-ugrilaisia maisemia (Finno-Ugric Landscapes) - extracts (1)
- The Ballad of Mary's Land (1)
- The Songs of Hamlet (text: Paul-Eerik Rummo) (2)
- The Tower Bell in My Village (1)
- Three I Had These Words of Beauty (1)
- Üheksa eesti lõikuslaulu (1)
- Vägisi mehele (1)
- Vastlalaulud (2)
- Vepsa rajad (1)
- Virmalised (1)
- Viru vanne [The Viru Oath] (1)
- Voices from Tammsaare's Herdboy Days (1)
- Worry Breaks the Spirit (1)
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