Ülo Vinter (3 January 1924 in

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– 2 July 2000 in

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) was an

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n composer. In 1951, he graduated from

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in music theory. Afterwards, he graduated from

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in composition specialty. From 1956 to 1969 he was the music editor at Estonian Radio and from 1969 to 1986 at Eesti Telefilm. He has created music for several Estonian cult films, including '' Mehed ei nuta ('Men Don't Cry''') (1968), '' A Young Retiree'' (1972) and '' Here We Are!'' (1979). Since 1958 he was a member of

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Works

* 1969: children’s musical "

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" (co-author Ülo Raudmäe) * orchestral suite "Paunvere" * Paunvere (Süit Sümfooniaorkestrile) (10"), 1968 * Väiksed Nipid (LP), 1986

References

1934 births 2000 deaths Estonian film score composers 20th-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Musicians from Tallinn {{Estonia-musician-stub