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Eha (Eha)
Red sunset sky or glow. Part of the dawn and dusk triad, see also Koidu. The Tallinn Red Cross is at No.8, and one of the former names was Kleine Siechenstraße (little ailing street), suggesting a relationship. Another of its other former names was Nikitini after businessman Pimin Nikitin, hopefully not related.
Kapi A. (Artur Kapp, 1878-1952)
Composer and organ virtuoso, born in Suure-Jaani (Big John’s), one-time director of the Astrakhan Music School and leader of the Estonian Academic Society of Music Artists.
Kevade (Kevad)
Spring (season). Also title of first volume of classic Estonian film trilogy – Kevade, Suvi & Sügis (with English subtitles), based on novels of the same name by Oskar Luts (1887-1953). He also wrote a fourth, Talve, which was not filmed. Note the first title, with an ‘e’?... It seems to be an alternative nominative found more poetic than its dull everyday form. Luts was a pharmacist and, while waiting for customers, wrote Kevade based on his own experiences at school. Several rejection letters later, he published it privately in 1912. It became a best-seller, was regularly reprinted, and translated into over 12 languages. Christmas, some say, wouldn’t be Christmas without it (or his Nukitsamees, or Bumpy, a children’s play about a little imp adapted from folk tales). See also Suve.
Koidu (Koit)
Dawn, aurora. Part of the dawn and dusk triad. See Ao.
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