Cyrillus Kreek: rahvaviiside kogumine ja rannarootslased

• Main Author: Anu Vissel
• Format: Article
• Language: Estonian
• Published: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 2003-01-01
• Series: Mäetagused
• Online Access: http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr23/kreek.pdf

Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) was a leading promoter of the Estonian choir music (also a well-known composer, conductor and music teacher), whose work focused largely on ethnomusicology. His interest in folk music lasted from his university years to the age of a mature scholar. The present article discusses C. Kreek's contacts with the Estonian Swedes and their folk music, which have previously been overshadowed by the Estonian folk music in the earlier studies on the composer's works. Shedding light on these aspects helps to explain the composer's interest towards the collection of the Swedish folk music in 1921, at the time, when the collection of the Estonian tradition was a priority in folklore. The article is divided in three subchapters: Cyrillus Kreek and the collection of the Estonian folk music; Cyrillus Kreek, the Läänemaa County and the coastal Swedes; and on the 1921 collection expedition of Cyrillus and Maria Kreek among the Estonian Swedes.