Alfrēds Kalniņš

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Alfrēds Kalniņš

Alfrēds Kalniņš (born August 11, 1879 in Cēsis , † December 23, 1951 in Riga ) was a Latvian composer .

Life

Alfrēds Kalniņš studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory . From 1903 to 1911 he was organist and music teacher in Pärnu , then until 1915 in Liepāja , until 1918 in Tartu and finally in Riga . Between 1927 and 1933 he lived in New York . On his return he became a cathedral organist in Riga. From 1944 to 1948 he headed the city's conservatory.

He composed two operas, a ballet, an orchestral suite, six cantatas, choral music, organ and piano pieces. Best known was his four-act opera, Baņuta (1920), which is considered the first national Latvian opera. His son Jānis Kalniņš was also known as a composer.

literature

  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music. The composers , Vol. 3: Hauff – Menalt , Propylänen , Berlin / Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-549-07833-1 , pp. 246–247.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c Kalniņš, Alfrēds . In: Klaus Beckmann : Repertory organ music. Composers - Works - Editions, 1150–2000 . Vol. 1: Organ solo . Schott, Mainz, 3rd, revised and expanded edition 2001, ISBN 3-7957-0500-2 , p. 730.
  2. ^ Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music. The composers , vol. 3: Hauff – Menalt , Propylänen , Berlin / Frankfurt 1989, pp. 246–247, here p. 246.

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personal data
SURNAME Kalniņš, Alfrēds
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Cēsis
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1951
Place of death Riga