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Estonian composer and pianist (1917–1995)

Els Aarne
BornElze 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.

Life and career

Elze Janovna Paemurru was born as on 30 March 1917 in Makiivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine); her pseudonym was Els Aarne. 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.

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

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.

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987) . International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Chatham: R. R. Bowker. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "Els Aarne [Old Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2008.

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