Els Aarne
Els Aarne | |
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 Aarne in a photo by Kalju Suur | |
| Born | Elze Janovna Paemurru 30 March 1917 |
| Died | 14 June 1995 (aged 78) Estonia |
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Elze Janovna Paemurru (30 March 1917 – 14 June 1995), pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union.[1][2][3] She taught at Tallinn Conservatory, her alma mater, from 1944 to 1974.
Life and career
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Elze Janovna Paemurru was born as on 30 March 1917 in Makiivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine); her pseudonym was Els Aarne.[2] Her father was the scientist Jaan Aarmann (1885–1978).[4] She studied at the Tallinn Conservatory, Tallinn, graduating as a music teacher in 1939 after instruction from Gustav Ernesaks, in 1942 as pianist with Artur Lemba and in 1946 as composer under Heino Eller.[5][6]
Aarne lectured at the Tallinn Conservatory on music theory from 1944 to 1974.[7] Aarne married the horn player Mart Paemurru (1908–1972); they had two sons, the cellist and politician Peeter Paemurru (born 1948) and Mait Paemurru.[4] She died on 14 June 1995 in Tallinn.[5]
Els was known, among other things, as a chamber music composer (preferring to compose for violoncello and double-bass); in addition, she wrote two symphonies.[2][7]
List of compositions
| Title | Op. | Year | Genre | Notes |
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| Symphony No. 1 | Op. 38 | 1961 | Orchestral | – |
| Symphony No. 2 | Op. 45 | 1966 | Orchestral | – |
| Double Bass Concerto | Op. 52 | 1968 | Orchestral | – |
| Horn Concerto | Op. 33 | 1958 | Orchestral | – |
| Piano Concerto | Op. 5 | 1945 | Orchestral | – |
| Ballade | Op. 25 | 1955 | Orchestral (piano and wind orchestra) |
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| Adagio for wind orchestra | – | 1955 | Orchestral (wind orchestra) |
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| Baltiskoye more, more mira | – | 1958 | Orchestral (wind orchestra) |
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| Overture in D Major | Op. 55 | 1969 | Orchestral | – |
| Overture for wind orchestra | – | 1959 | Orchestral (wind orchestra) |
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| Suite druzya malle | – | 1959 | Orchestral | – |
| Double Bass Sonata | Op. 63 | 1976 | Chamber (bass and piano) OCLC 11286836 | |
| Capriccio for solo Cello | – | 1977 | Chamber (cello and possibly piano) OCLC 28343841 | |
| Quintet for wind instruments | – | 1965 | Chamber | – |
| Trio | – | 1946 | Chamber | – |
| Two Estonian Dances | – | 1954 | Chamber (two violins and piano) |
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| Improvisation | – | 1952 | Chamber (violin and piano) |
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| Nocturne | – | 1970 | Chamber (cello and piano) |
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| Poem | – | 1941 | Chamber (cello and piano) |
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| Recital | – | 1952 | Chamber (violin and piano) |
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| Runo | – | 1969 | Chamber (cello and piano) |
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| Waltz | – | 1952 | Chamber (violin and piano) |
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| Meditatsia | – | 1970 | Chamber (horn) |
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| Ballade | – | 1962 | Piano (4 hands) | – |
| Pionerski pokhod | – | 1949 | Piano (cycle) | – |
| Eight etudes for beginners | – | 1953 | Piano | – |
| Four contrasts | – | 1966 | Piano | – |
| Improvisata | – | 1967 | Piano | – |
| Sonatina | – | 1961 | Piano | – |
| Twelve variations on a theme by Adolf Vedro | – | 1939 | Piano | Theme by composer Adolf Vedro |
| An die Heimat | – | 1939 | Vocal (cantata) | – |
| Meie paevade, laul | – | 1965 | Vocal (cantata) | – |
| Nasha poberezhe | – | 1959 | Vocal (cantata) (acapella choir) |
Text by D. Vyazanin |
| Obogatitel uglya | – | 1959 | Vocal (cantata) (acapella choir) |
Text by Y. Kross |
| Poi, svobodnyi narod | – | 1949 | Vocal (cantata) (acapella choir) |
Text by D. Vaarandi |
| Rodine | – | 1939 | Vocal (cantata) (choir and orchestra) |
Text by E. Tarum |
| Valuoja | – | 1956 | Vocal (cantata) (choir and orchestra) |
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| Kolybelnaya | – | 1953 | Vocal (choir and orchestra) |
Text by Kaarel Korsen |
| More-nashi polya | – | 1953 | Vocal (choir and orchestra) |
Text by M. Kesamaa |
| S siloi molodosti | – | 1953 | Vocal (soloists, choir, orchestra) |
Text by M. Korsen |
References
Citations
- ↑ Slonimsky & Kuhn 2001, p. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 Cohen 1987, p. 1.
- ↑ Room 2014, p. 11.
- 1 2 3 Pilliroog 2007, p. 11.
- 1 2 "Els Aarne". Estonian Music Information Centre. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ↑ Scott 2017, p. 1.
- 1 2 "Els Aarne [Old Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
Sources
- Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura Diane (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Vol. 1 (9th ed.). New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. ISBN 978-0-02-865525-3. OCLC 44972043.
- Cohen, Aaron I. (1987) [1981]. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Chatham: R. R. Bowker. ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
- Room, Adrian (2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms (5th ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786457632.
- Pilliroog, Ene, ed. (2007). Eesti muusika biograafiline leksikon [Estonian Music Biographical Lexicon] (in Estonian). Vol. 1, A–M. Tallinn: Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers.
- Scott, Pfitzinger (2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7224-8. OCLC 961388789.
Further reading
- Kaevats, Ülo, ed. (2000). Eesti entsüklopeedia [Estonian Encyclopedia] (in Estonian). Vol. 14, Estonian Biographies. Tallinn: Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. ISBN 978-9949-765-31-7.
- Lücker, Arno (8 September 2021). "90/250: Els Aarne: 250 Komponistinnen. Folge 90: Das kann niemand erklären" [90/250: Els Aarne 250 Women Composers. Episode 90: Nobody Can Explain That]. VAN (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025. (subscription required)
External links
- Work list with recordings from the Estonian Music Information Centre
- Els Aarne discography at Discogs
- Letter from Aarne on WorldCat