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.[1]
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.[1] Her father was the scientist Jaan Aarmann (1885–1978).[2] 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.[3][4]
Aarne lectured at the Tallinn Conservatory on music theory from 1944 to 1974.[5] Aarne married the horn player Mart Paemurru (1908–1972); they had two sons, the cellist and politician Peeter Paemurru (born 1948) and Mait Paemurru.[2] She died on 14 June 1995 in Tallinn.[3]
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.[1][5]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Cohen 1987, p. 1.
- ^ a b Pilliroog 2007, p. 11.
- ^ a b "Aarne, Els [New Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Scott 2017, p. 1.
- ^ a b "Els Aarne [Old Website]". Estonian Music Information Centre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
Sources
- 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.
- 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