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Traditional music was delivered a fatal<br />
blow by <strong>the</strong> hugely popular Moravian<br />
movement in Estonia in <strong>the</strong> 18th-19th<br />
centuries: seized by religious fervour,<br />
Estonians axed <strong>the</strong>ir bagpipes, forgot<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir old songs, dyed <strong>the</strong> colourful<br />
national costumes piously black and…<br />
gradually acquired a totally new (singing)<br />
culture. Old heritage, both oral<br />
and material, was again ga<strong>the</strong>red and<br />
recorded only in <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 19th<br />
century. During <strong>the</strong> last quarter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
20th century, choir songs and runo<br />
songs finally met. The work <strong>of</strong> composer<br />
Veljo Tormis managed to evoke some<br />
deep undercurrents in <strong>the</strong> Estonians, and<br />
old music got a new lease <strong>of</strong> life and<br />
found a new meaning.<br />
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