Jāzeps Mediņš
Jāzeps Mediņš (born February 13, 1877 in Kaunas , † June 12, 1947 in Riga ) was a Latvian composer .
Life
Jāzeps Mediņš studied from 1889 to 1896 at the Riga Music Institute, which he directed from 1901 to 1911. He was also a conductor at the Latvian theater from 1906 to 1911. From 1916 to 1921 he worked as an opera conductor in Baku , from 1922 in Riga, where he was also professor of piano playing at the Conservatory from 1945 .
He composed two operas , three symphonies , two orchestral suites, a violin concerto , chamber music works, choral and organ works and more than a hundred songs .
His two younger brothers Jēkabs Mediņš (1885–1971) and Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966) were also well-known Latvian composers.
Footnotes
- ↑ Mediņš, Jāzeps . 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.
- ↑ Jazeps Medins (1877–1947): a Catalog of the Orchestral Music ( catalog raisonné) on unsungcomposers.com (English), accessed on July 9, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mediņš, Jāzeps |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaunas |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1947 |
| Place of death | Riga |