Emilis Jūlis Melngailis
Emilis Jūlis Melngailis (born 3 . Jul / 15. February 1874 greg. In Igate , community Vidriži , in limbaži district ; † 20th December 1954 in Riga ) was a Latvian composer and musicologist.
Life
Melngailis studied with Felix Draeseke in Dresden in 1896 and 1897 and then with Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow in Saint Petersburg until 1901 . He lived as a music critic in Saint Petersburg until 1904, then as a language teacher in Tashkent until 1920 . During the Russian Revolution he composed some of his most famous songs to texts by the Latvian poet Janis Rainis . From 1920 Melngailis worked as a choirmaster in Rīga. In the 1920s and 1930s he was the main conductor of the Latvian song festivals . From 1944 to 1954 Melngailis was professor of Latvian musical folklore at the Riga State Conservatory.
He composed a ballet , two symphonic poems , a Latvian requiem , a string quartet and other chamber music works, piano pieces, ten volumes of choral songs and solo songs. In addition, he began with the collection of Latvian choral songs which he published in 1902 as Birzēs i norās . In total he published over five thousand Latvian, Lithuanian, Kyrgyz and Jewish folk melodies. Melngailis published on Latvian folk music and music history and was the author of satirical and polemical writings. He was also one of the strongest chess players in the country.
literature
- Apinis, Peter (2006). 100 Latvian personalities. "National publishing house" and "Rural newspaper". p. 66. ISBN 9984-26-269-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Val Zemitis: Encyclopedia of Latvian chess players. Old Amber Publishing Company, Davis, CA, USA, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melngailis, Emilis Jūlis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Melngailis, Emilis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian composer and music researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Igate , Vidriži municipality , Limbaži district |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1954 |
| Place of death | Riga |