Joosep Aavik

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Joosep Aavik (born November 17, 1899 in Kuressaare , † November 20, 1989 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian organist , choir director , music teacher and music critic . He shaped musical life on the island of Saaremaa in the 20th century .

Life

Joosep Aavik's father was the businessman Jakob Aavik. Joosep grew up in a musical family. The father played the organ and from his mother he learned many folk songs. He received his first lessons at the Charlotte Grubener private school. Then he attended four classes at the German School. From 1908 he received music lessons from the organist August Feyerabend parallel to his school lessons. During the First World War he played the piano for silent films in the local cinema and was organist at the Laurentiuskirche . In 1919 he passed his matriculation examination at Saaremaa Segagümnaasiumi , today's Saaremaa Ühisgümnaasium . In the summer after the exam, Aavik met August Topman , who was on a recreational stay in Kuressaare. Topman advised Aavik to study music. First he did his military service from October 1919 and the following year. Aavik then studied at the Tallinn Higher Music School in the Peeter Süda organ class . But in the same year he went to Tartu and studied from 1920 to 1923 at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Tartu . In 1923 he went back to Tallinn and now attended August Topman's organ class at the Conservatory. In 1927 he graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory. He then worked as an organist and choir director in Tartu. In 1927 a singers' association was founded at the University Church in Tartu, which was called Cantate domino . Joosep Aavik was the choirmaster. In addition to organizing the services, the oratorio The Creation by Joseph Haydn was performed in 1928 . In 1928 the position of music director was advertised at the University of Tartu. Among others, Leenart Neumann, Alfred Karindi and Joosep Aavik applied. The philosophy faculty council finally chose Karindi.

In 1929 Aavik went back to Kuressaare and became organist and director of the church choir at the Laurentiuskirche. At the grammar school he taught singing and music. In addition to providing musical accompaniment to church services, he also gave organ concerts and gave private piano lessons. He led various choirs, such as the mixed choir Lyra, with whom he spent a stay abroad in Riga in 1930 . He founded the Kuressaares oratooriumikoor , with which he performed Joseph Haydn's Creation in 1932, accompanied by the orchestra of the Estonian Society . In 1933, two performances of Judas Maccabäus by Georg Friedrich Handel followed . He was the musical director of the Kuressaare Eesti Seltsi teatris [Kuressaare Estonian Theater Company]. In the summer he also conducted orchestral concerts. From 1932 he led the singing festivals on Saaremaa. In 1936 he married Marie Aavik (born February 25, 1904, † September 2, 1962). Their son Jüri was born in 1938 and Peeter in 1940. In 1943 he was the first conductor of the newly founded male choir of the Kuressaare Eesti Selts [Estonian Kuressaare Society]. From 1941 he directed the choir at Saaremaa Ühisgümnaasium. He often traveled to Tallinn for concerts, where he met well-known Estonian musicians such as Aurora Semper, Gustav Ernesaks and Ants Üleoja. In 1950, a children's music school was founded in Kuressaare. Aavik taught music theory there. In the same year, like many other senior teachers, he was charged with bourgeois nationalism. After the German and Estonian teachers at the grammar school had been dismissed for political reasons, Aavik took over the German lessons. In 1964 he was retired. Even during his retirement he remained loyal to church music as an organist. In the times of the Soviet Union this was not easy and it was associated with many difficulties. He wrote music reviews in the Kontserdipäevik [concert diary ] section of the Meiemaa [Our Country] and Eesti kirik [Church of Estonia] newspapers . From 1981 he lived near Tallinn, but spent a few months in Kuressaare every year. He died one day after his ninetieth birthday, which was still celebrated, on November 20, 1989.

Johannes Aavik , his cousin, was the son of his uncle Mihkel Aavik (1844–1909).

Works

Works for mixed choir

  • Saaremaa . Text: Neeme Laanepõld (* 1913; † 1991) Tartu, 1948
  • Tütrele . Text: Antonina Niina Klaas (* December 6, 1911)
  • Three choirs with the motto Kuressaare. Text: Arvo Kaal (* 1918 ; † 1982) and Debora Vaara
  • Romanss for soloists, choir and orchestra, 1960

Works for voice and piano

  • Mõtisklusi talvehommikul for voice and piano. Text: Evi Vikerpuu

Commemoration

Johannes ja Joosep Aaviku Majamuuseum

The Johannes ja Joosep Aaviku Majamuuseum [Johannes and Joosep Aavik House Museum] is located in Kuressaare . Joosep's father Jakob acquired the building with the property after the death of the previous owner, the gardener Johann Brenner (* 1834, † 1892). He made it available to his brother Mikhel, who moved into the house on April 1, 1896 with his wife Ann (* 1849, † 1918) and their children Aadu, Liisi and Juuliga. Joosep Aavik lived in the house from 1961 until his death in 1989. On June 19, 1992 the museum was established as a branch of the Saaremaa Museum.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ccm :: Aavik, Joosep Aavik. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ tea.ee/punker.ee: TEA e-Entsüklopeedia. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Joosep Aavik 100. Accessed July 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Josep Aavik. Saaremaa Uhisgüümansium, accessed July 4, 2017 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ a b Johannes ja Joosep Aaviku Majamuuseum. Retrieved May 15, 2017 (et-EE).
  6. ↑ Kristel Neitsov: The Tartu University community and their music in the 19th century . ( ut.ee [PDF]).
  7. ↑ Terje Lobu: The Estonian musical life at the University of Tartu before the year 1940 . S. 4 ( ut.ee [PDF]).
  8. ↑ Segakoor Lyra - AJALUGU. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Segakoor Sauer tähistas 125. aastapäeva - Eesti Kirik. Retrieved July 4, 2017 (Estonian).
  10. ↑ Eesti Sõna October 30, 1943 - DIGAR Eesti artiklid. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Eesti Sõna 28 september 1943 - Digar Eesti Artiklid. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  12. ↑ a b Meie Maa 10 November 2014 - DIGAR Eesti artiklid. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Meie Maa November 10, 2014 - DIGAR Eesti artiklid. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Eesti rahvusbibliograafia. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Saaremaa: segakoorile (=  ENSV Rahvaloomingu Keskmaja toimetis . No. 156 ). Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, Tallinn 1948 ( ester.ee [accessed July 4, 2017]).
  16. ↑ ERR: Ühe muusikamehe juubeliks. Joosep Aavik - 80 | ERR | Digihoidla. Retrieved July 3, 2017 (Estonian).
  17. ↑ Joosep Aavik, Neeme Laanepõld, Evi Vikerpuur: Mõtisklusi talvehommikul . sn], [Eesti 1967 ( ester.ee [accessed July 4, 2017]).
  18. ↑ Johannes ja Joosep Aaviku Majamuuseum | SAAREMAA MUSEUM. Retrieved July 4, 2017 (Estonian).
personal data
SURNAME Aavik, Joosep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian organist, choir director, music teacher and music critic
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuressaare
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1989
Place of death Tallinn