Els Aarne
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.
Els Aarne
- Born
- 1917. · Makiivka.
- Died
- 1995. · Tallinn.
- Nationality
- Estonia.
- Occupation
- composer, pianist, music educator and music teacher.
- Education
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
- Teachers
- Artur Lemba and Artur Kapp.
- Languages
- Estonian.
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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.
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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.
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Els Aarne died at Tallinn.
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- 1.Els Aarne. Estonian Music Information Centre.
- 2.Estonian Music Information Centre. Els Aarne [Old Website].
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- Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. R. R. Bowker. 1. 1987. 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Pseudonyms. McFarland. 2014. 9780786457632.
- Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. Eesti muusika biograafiline leksikon. 1, A–M. 2007.
- Scott, Pfitzinger. Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. 2017. 978-1-4422-7224-8.
- Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. Eesti entsüklopeedia. 14, Estonian Biographies. 2000. 978-9949-765-31-7.
- Lücker, Arno. 90/250: Els Aarne: 250 Komponistinnen. Folge 90: Das kann niemand erklären. VAN. 8 September 2021.
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