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The article analyses the life and activity of Estonian ethnomusicologist and folklorist Herbert Tampere (1909-1975), as well as the research history of Estonian folk songs until 1945, also paying attention to the influence of the Estonian Folklore Archives and its head Oskar Loorits. The historical background to Tampere’s activity is the establishment of independent statehood in Estonia (1919) after...
This paper consist an analysis of the music and dances of Kuusalu coastal area culture during the first half of the 20th century. Kuusalu parish is known as one of the richest in the North-Estonian folk culture. About two hundred instrumental tracks and notations, mostly dance music, and hundreds of dance manuscripts have been collected from this region. The collected material is located mainly in...
In 2007, Estonians were asked to write a song, 'Viru regi', in the style of the old Estonian folksong 'regilaul' as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. 6,500 verses from nearly 650 authors were received, formed into a 373-verse greeting-song by a group of folklorists. This paper analyzes the verse structure, poetic devices and language of the verses people sent to 'Viru regi',...
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