Raimund Kull (3 October 1882 – 10 October 1942) was an

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n conductor and composer. Born in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

, at the time part of the

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, Kull studied trombone at the

St. Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

from 1900 until 1906. He then worked as an orchestra conductor in St. Petersburg,

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, and

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. From 1912 until 1920, he was the chief conductor of the

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, from 1920 the conductor and from 1930 to 1942 the music director. From 1918 until 1927, he was the conductor of the orchestra of the

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, and from 1934 until 1939, conductor of the National Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. Kull was one of the founders of

Tallinn 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 ...

, established in 1919 during the

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westwa ...

, and taught trombone at the conservatory from 1929. He became a professor at the institute in 1937. Kull was a conductor of the

wind orchestra A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

of the IX, X and XI

Estonian Song Festival The Estonian Song Festival (in Estonian: ''laulupidu'', ) is one of the largest choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Gro ...

s, held in 1928, 1933, and 1938 respectively. Raimund Kull was married to actress

Liina Reiman Liina Reiman (née Liina Põlde; 14 November 1891, in Valga – 11 September 1961, in Helsinki) was an Estonian actress. She started her stage career in 1910 at Vanemuine Theatre. 1912–1915 she worked at Endla Theatre in Pärnu. Later she wo ...

. He died in Tallinn in 1942 and was buried at Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.

Selected works

;works for orchestra * 1920: "The Battle of Kriusha" ('Kriuša lahing') * "Homeland" ('Kodumaa') * "Naughty Maiden" ('Vallatu neiu')

Acknowledgements

Order of the Cross of the Eagle The Order of the Cross of the Eagle ( et, Kotkaristi teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix de l'Aigle) was instituted in 1928 by the Estonian Defence League to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Estonian independence. It was adopted as a sta ...

, 3rd class (1932) *

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, 3rd class (1937)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kull, Raimund 1882 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Estonian composers Estonian conductors (music) Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre faculty People from Narva Burials at Metsakalmistu