as Mart Saar (1882 1963), Artur Lemba (1885 1963), Heino Eller (1887 1970) and Cyrillus Kreek (1889 1962). 20th century In the 1960s, the Soviet government began encouraging folk art from its constituent republics. Local ethnographic bands were formed after Leiko , a choir from Värska , came together in 1964,