Ado Reinvald (3 December 1847 Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County – 8 February 1922) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n poet. He was the owner of Ilissa farm near

Tarvastu Tarvastu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It's located about a kilometer east of Mustla. Tarvastu has a population of 99 (as of 2006). The village is passed by the Tarvastu River and the Viljandi–Rõngu road (nr 52). E ...

. Because of the initiative of Reinvald, the farm was transformed into the local cultural centre. In 1894, the centre went bankrupt. Reinvald died in 1922 and is buried at

Raadi Cemetery The Raadi cemetery, ( et, Raadi kalmistu) is the oldest and largest burial ground in Tartu, Estonia, dating back to 1773. Many prominent historical figures are buried there. It is also the largest Baltic German cemetery in Estonia after the des ...

in Tartu. Several of Reinvald's poems have been set to music. The most notable is "Kuldrannake" ('Golden Strand'), music by

Aleksander Läte Aleksander Läte (12 January 1860, in Pikasilla, Aakre Parish, Kreis Dorpat – 8 September 1948, in Tartu) was an Estonian composer, conductor and music critic. He is also known as the first Estonian professional music critic.In 1895, he start ...

Works

* poetry collection "Villandi laulik" ('The Bard of Viljandi'; I 1872, II 1875, III 1877, IV 1889) * poetry collection "Õitsi Ööpik" ('The Nightingale of Night Herd'; 1876) * poetry collection "Nalja-Kannel ehk Laulurahe Baltlaste lilliaias" (I 1881, II 1883) * humour book "Suur Naljahammas" ('The Great Joker'; 1903)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinvald, Ado 1847 births 1922 deaths Estonian male poets 19th-century Estonian poets 20th-century Estonian poets People from Viljandi Parish Burials at Raadi cemetery