Els Aarne
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| 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. 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. Her father was the scientist Jaan Aarmann (1885–1978). 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.
Aarne lectured at the Tallinn Conservatory on music theory from 1944 to 1974. Aarne married the horn player Mart Paemurru (1908–1972); they had two sons, the cellist and politician Peeter Paemurru (born 1948) and Mait Paemurru. She died on 14 June 1995 in Tallinn.
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.
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
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