Eduard Oja

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Eduard Oja (born January 17, 1905 in Palupõhja, today Puhja rural community , Tartu County , Estonia , †  April 16, 1950 in Tartu ) was an Estonian composer.

life and work

Eduard Oja was born in Tartu County, the son of a forester. After finishing school, Oja first attended the Tartu teachers' college , but in 1925 switched to the higher music school and studied violin there. He graduated from the Higher Music School in Tartu in 1932, studying composition with Heino Eller . From 1935 to 1941 he taught music theory, orchestral music and composition there. From 1934 to 1938 he was also a music critic for the Estonian newspaper Postimees and a choirmaster. From 1941 he lived as a freelance composer.

Eduard Oja's works contain their own drama and expressiveness. His musical language is imaginative and contains colorful harmonies. It is grotesque and ironic at times. Oja often uses Estonian folk song art in his compositions.

Works (selection)

  • Ajatriloogia (for cello and piano, 1934)
  • Aeliita süit (symphonic suite for violin and piano, 1938)
  • Lunastatud vanne ( Opera , 1940)
  • Mere laul (symphonic picture for symphony orchestra, 1942)
  • Symphony (1943)
  • Rätsep Õhk ja tema õnneloos ( Singspiel , 1943)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 336
personal data
SURNAME Oh yes, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Palupõhja, today the rural community of Puhja , Tartu County , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1950
Place of death Tartu