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Ants Taul
Ants Taul (born 7 March 1950 in Tõrva) is an Estonian musician and instrument-maker who played a prominent role in the revival of the Estonian bagpipe, the ''torupill The torupill () is a traditional bagpipe from Estonia. Place in Estonian folk music It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia. The instrument was known throughout Estonia. The bagpipe tradition was longest preserved in Wes ...''. As early as 1976 (when he was 26), Taul was recognised as one of Estonia's primary bagpipers, with piper Olev Roomet having retired due to ill health. Taul continued to play, including representing Estonia in musical exhibitions with other folk musicians in the 1980s. Ants' son, Andrus, continues to make and play the torupill as had his father. Discography *''Estonie: Airs Anciennes''. Ocora France, 2000. ASIN: B00004SRI5 *''Gajdy and Bock / Goat and Billygoat: Bagpipes from Central Europe''. PAN Records, 2008. ASIN: B003T8P4UQ External links''Estonian Bagpipe'' ...
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Tõrva
Tõrva () is a town ( et, linn) in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. It is situated on the banks of Õhne River. Tõrva has an area of and a population of 2800 (as of 1 January 2009), making it the second largest of the three towns in Valga County. Tõrva borough () gained its town rights on 2 July 1926. The last mayor Maido Ruusmann was elected on 5 November 2013. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities The former municipality of Tõrva was twinned with: Gallery File:Keskväljak.jpg, Town square File:Kauplus-Elamu Tõrvas Valga t. 4.jpg, Businesses in Tõrva File:Statue of Estonian War of Independence in Tõrva.jpg, Estonian War of Independence monument File:Torva gymnasium.jpg, Tõrva Gymnasium File:Õhnejõe hoiuala Tõrvalinnavalitsuse juures mai 2014 255.jpg, Õhne The Õhne (also known as ''Suislepa'' and ''Hoomuli'' River; lv, Omuļupe) is a long river in southern Estonia. Its source is Veisjärv Lake and mouth Võrtsjärv, Võrtsjä ...
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Torupill
The torupill () is a traditional bagpipe from Estonia. Place in Estonian folk music It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia. The instrument was known throughout Estonia. The bagpipe tradition was longest preserved in West and North Estonia where folk music retained archaic characteristics for a longer time. Later when the fiddle was taking over folk music a lot of bagpipe tunes were transcribed for it. Very often the bagpipe was used for playing dance music; other instruments served this purpose only in the absence of the bagpipe. Some old ceremonial dances, such as the Round Dance (''Voortants'') and the Tail Dance (''Sabatants'') were performed together with a bagpiper who walked at the head of the column. Ceremonial music took an important place in the bagpipers' repertoires in the 17th century, as seen from the literary sources of that time. For instance, the presence of a bagpiper was considered essential during weddings, where he had to take part in ...
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Olev Roomet
Olev Roomet (13 December 1901 in Simuna - 23 March 1987) was an Estonian musician, a violin player, a player of the ''torupill'' (Estonian bagpipe) and a singer in the State Academic Male Choir of Estonia. He became interested in the Estonian bagpipe in his 50s. At the death of Aleksander Maaker Aleksander Maaker ( in Muda, Hiiumaa – 28 January 1968), nicknamed ''Torupilli-Sass'' was a folk musician, a player of the traditional ''torupill'', the Estonian bagpipe. Maaker was from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. At the time of his death ... in 1968, Roomer became the only living player of the torupill at that time. In the wake of the traditional Estonian Song and Dance Festival in 1970 Olev Roomet revived the ancient art of bagpipe playing in Estonia by training 25 new bagpipers ranging between age of 14 to 70. Voldemar Süda, a master of musical instruments made the new bagpipes following authentic ethnographic examples. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Roomet, Olev 1901 birth ...
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Estonian Musicians
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable Estonians. Architects *Andres Alver (born 1953) *Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) *Karl Burman (1882–1965) *Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) *Georg Hellat (1870–1943) *Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883) * Erich Jacoby (1885–19 ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Torupill Players
The torupill () is a traditional bagpipe from Estonia. Place in Estonian folk music It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia. The instrument was known throughout Estonia. The bagpipe tradition was longest preserved in West and North Estonia where folk music retained archaic characteristics for a longer time. Later when the fiddle was taking over folk music a lot of bagpipe tunes were transcribed for it. Very often the bagpipe was used for playing dance music; other instruments served this purpose only in the absence of the bagpipe. Some old ceremonial dances, such as the Round Dance (''Voortants'') and the Tail Dance (''Sabatants'') were performed together with a bagpiper who walked at the head of the column. Ceremonial music took an important place in the bagpipers' repertoires in the 17th century, as seen from the literary sources of that time. For instance, the presence of a bagpiper was considered essential during weddings, where he had to take part in ...
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Bagpipe Makers
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia. The term ''bagpipe'' is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as "the pipes", "a set of pipes" or "a stand of pipes". Construction A set of bagpipes minimally consists of an air supply, a bag, a chanter, and usually at least one drone. Many bagpipes have more than one drone (and, sometimes, more than one chanter) in various combinations, held in place in stocks—sockets that fasten the various pipes to the bag. Air supply The most common method of supplying air to the bag is through blowing into a blowpipe or blowstick. In some pipes the player must cover the tip of the blowpipe with their ton ...
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1950 Births
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21st-century Estonian Musicians
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