John Job
Johannes Job (born May 17, 1907 in the village of Lokuta, today the rural community of Türi , Estonia ; † August 7, 1942 in the Vorkuta labor camp , Soviet Union ) was an Estonian composer and organist.
Life
Johannes Hiob completed his studies in the composition class of Artur Kapp and in the organ class of August Topman at the Tallinn Conservatory (now the Estonian Music and Theater Academy ) in 1933/34 . From 1933 to 1940 Job was an organist a. a. of the Tallinn Cathedral and conductor of the mixed choir Cantate Domino . 1940/41 he lived as a music teacher in Haapsalu .
With the occupation of Estonia by the Red Army in July 1941, he was initially drafted into Soviet military service, but then arrested. On May 16, 1942, he was sentenced to ten years of forced labor in the Gulag . He died a few months later in the Soviet Vorkuta camp north of the Arctic Circle .
composer
In addition to his work as a concert organist, Johannes Job is known for his monumental vocal symphonic works with biblical themes. These include the oratorio Suitsev Siinai (1937), the cantatas Isaiah kuulutamine (1931) and Lunastav Issand (1935) and the Christmas cantata Jõulukantaat (1935). In 1939 he published the opera Võidu hind ("The Price of Victory"). It was never performed.
Web links
- Works by and about Johannes Hiob in the catalog of the German National Library
- Catalog of works ( Memento from April 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography in Estonian Music Information Center (English)
- CV, works, pictures (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 91
- ↑ Curriculum Vitae in Eesti Kirik (Estonian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Job, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Türi , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1942 |
| Place of death | Gulag Vorkuta labor camp , Soviet Union |