Els Aarne

Els Aarne
Born
Elze Janovna Paemurru

(1917-03-30)30 March 1917
Makiivka, Russian Empire
Died14 June 1995(1995-06-14) (aged 78)
Estonia
Occupations
  • Composer
  • pianist
  • pedagogue

Elze Janovna Paemurru (30 March 1917 – 14 June 1995), known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue during the Soviet Union.[1]

Life and career

Elze Janovna Paemurru was born as on 30 March 1917 in Makiivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine); her pseudonym was Els Aarne.[1] She studied at the Tallinn Conservatory, graduating as a music teacher in 1939 after instruction from Gustav Ernesaks, in 1942 as pianist with Gustav Ernesaks and in 1946 as composer under Heino Eller.[2][3]

Aarne lectured at the Tallinn Conservatory on music theory from 1944 to 1974.[4] She died on 14 June 1995.[2]

Els was famous, among other things, as a chamber music composer (preferring to compose for violoncello and double-bass); in addition, she wrote two symphonies.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cohen, Aaron I. (1987) [1981]. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Chatham: R. R. Bowker. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. ^ a b "Aarne, Els [New Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. ^ Scott, Pfitzinger (2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4422-7224-8. OCLC 961388789.
  4. ^ a b "Els Aarne [Old Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2008.


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