Famous life · 1928
Pikakose, the musicians' summer house
In the valley of the Valgejõgi river, Aleksander Mohrfeldt and his son-in-law, the opera soloist Karl Viitol, began building a summer home in 1925 and moved in in 1928. Pikakose had the first telephone in the district, and the first local power station was built nearby. Mohrfeldt's daughter Helmi brought piano pupils here to practise before their final exams, and the house filled with music: a room was even set aside for Liina Reiman and Raimund Kull, and the actors Ants Lauter and Erna Villmer holidayed here. The composer Gustav Ernesaks wrote choral songs at Pikakose using texts he found in Jakob Hurt's library, which stayed in the house. The Sundja family still keep it alive.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Valgejõe orus hakkasid Aleksander Mohrfeldt ja tema väimees, ooperisolist Karl Viitol 1925. aastal suvemaja ehitama ning kolisid sinna 1928. aastal. Pikakosel oli kandi esimene telefon ja lähedale ehitati esimene kohalik elektrijaam. Mohrfeldti tütar Helmi tõi oma klaveriõpilased siia enne lõpueksameid harjutama ning maja täitus muusikaga: Liina Reimanile ja Raimund Kullile jäeti koguni oma tuba ning puhkamas käisid ka näitlejad Ants Lauter ja Erna Villmer. Helilooja Gustav Ernesaks kirjutas Pikakosel koorilaule tekstidele, mille ta leidis majja jäänud Jakob Hurda raamatukogust. Maja hoiavad elus praegused peremehed Sundjad.