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Evald Aav ( – 21 March 1939) was an
Evald Aav
at the Estonian Music Information Centre 1900 births 1939 deaths Musicians from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian opera composers Burials at Metsakalmistu 20th-century Estonian musicians Estonian choral conductors 20th-century Estonian composers 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers Male classical composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 20th-century Estonian male musicians {{Estonia-composer-stub
Evald Aav ( – 21 March 1939) 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 composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
born in Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
. He studied music composition there with Artur Kapp and wrote primarily vocal music to words in the Estonian language. In 1928 he composed the first national Estonian opera, ''Vikerlased'' (The Vikings). The opera premiered in Tallinn on 8 September 1928. He modelled his style of composition after Tchaikovsky.
Aav was married to opera singer Ida Loo-Talvari
Ida Loo-Talvari (née Ida Loo; 19 June 1901, in Narva, Estonian Governorate, Russian Empire – 29 June 1997, in Stenungsund, near Göteborg, Sweden) was an Estonian opera singer. She was the wife of composer Evald Aav (first marriage) and th ...
from 1926 until 1937 when the couple divorced.
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Evald Aav
at the Estonian Music Information Centre 1900 births 1939 deaths Musicians from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian opera composers Burials at Metsakalmistu 20th-century Estonian musicians Estonian choral conductors 20th-century Estonian composers 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers Male classical composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 20th-century Estonian male musicians {{Estonia-composer-stub