Herbert Tampere (1 February 1909 Uniküla,

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– 19 January 1975 Rannu) was an

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n folklorist and musicologist.Eesti muusika biograafiline leksikon (EMBL). Volume 2.

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, 2007. Page 379 From 1927 until 1933, he studied at the

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. From 1929 until 1945, he worked as an assistant at Estonian Folklore Archives. Since 1945 (with pauses) he taught

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at the

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. His main field of research was folk music, especially runo songs. In total, he melodized over 2000 folk tunes, and he made over 4000 sound recordings. Awards: * 1969: Estonian SSR merited artistic personnel

Publications

* 1935: Eesti rahvaviiside antoloogia, Eesti Akadeemilise Helikunstnikkude Seltsi Toimetused, Tartu * 1937: Über das Problem des Rhythmus im alten estnischen Volkslied, Acta Ethnologica 2, 1937: 1, pp 65–78 * 1938: Valimik eesti rahvatantse. Krüger, Tartu (with R. Põldmäe)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tampere, Herbert 1909 births 1975 deaths Estonian folklorists Estonian musicologists Estonian folk-song collectors University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre People from Kastre Parish 20th-century musicologists