August Topman (10 July 1882
Lõpemetsa
Lõpemetsa is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern 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 fr ...
– 8 September 1968
Tallinn) was an
Estonian composer, organist, conductor.
1904–1919, he was organist in
St. John's Church.
He was one of the founders of
Tallinn Higher Music School
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 ...
(established in 1919). 1923–1950, he was teacher of music theory and organ at Tallinn Higher Music School.
1944–1949, he was a member of
Estonian Composers' Union.
In 1957, he was given the honorary title: Estonian SSR Honoured Worker in Arts.
Works
* "In the Evening" (variations for piano, 1911)
* "Requiem" (1932)
References
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1882 births
1968 deaths
20th-century Estonian composers
Estonian conductors (music)
Estonian organists
People from Rapla Parish