Veljo Tormis
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About Veljo Tormis
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.
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La Kanteletar: I. Herkä neito
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Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): IV. Talvemustrid (Winter Patterns): Virmalised (Northern Lights)
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Curse Upon Iron
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Estonian Lullaby
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Lauliku Lapsepoli
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Raua Needmine
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How Can I Recognize My Home
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Kust tunnen kodu (How Can I Recognise My Home)
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The Singer's Childhood
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Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
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Worry Breaks the Spirit
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing
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Singing Aboard Ship
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Kust tunnen kodu
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Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik
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Songs Of The Ancient Sea
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The Bishop and the Pagan
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 6, The Apple Tree
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Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": II. Üle taeva jooksevad pilved
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Litany To Thunder
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Laulusild: Bridge of Song
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Peegeldused Tasasest Maast
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The Lost Geese
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Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Tuul konnumaa kohal
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Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea)
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Muistse mere laulud
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Pikse litaania
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Pikse litaania (Litany To Thunder)
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Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 1. Vistel-vastel
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Leavas Lauldakse
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Three I Had These Words of Beauty
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Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky
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Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: V. Wind Along the Heath
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Meelespea
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Tasase maa laul
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Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: I. It is Late Summer
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Estonian Lullaby - Var.
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 3, A Pretty Girl on the Swing
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Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 2. Lina loitsimine (Casting a Spell Upon Flax)
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Kord me tuleme tagasi (Once We Will Reappear)
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4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 2, It’s Time for the Little Berry to Sleep
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Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 1, The Narrow Swing
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 5, A Timid Girl on the Swing
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 4, The Swing Asks for Gifts
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Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 3. Liulaskmise-laul (Sledging Song)
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Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (Three I Had Those Words of Beauty)
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4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 1, I Sing for My Child
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Piiskop ja pagan
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Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: On hilissuvi
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