Leo Normet

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Leo Normet (actually Leopold-Bruno Normet; born September 17, 1922 in Pärnu , †  December 27, 1995 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian composer, music theorist and music teacher.

life and work

Leo Normet was a member of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic's state artistic ensemble during World War II . In 1950 he completed his composition studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory with Heino Eller . From 1948 to 1957 he was a lecturer at the Tallinn Music School and from 1954 at the Tallinn State Conservatory. In 1991 he received the title of professor.

Leo Normet became known to a larger audience primarily through his broadcasts on Estonian radio and television . His most famous musical compositions include the operas Valgus Koordis (1955, based on a story by Hans Leberecht ) and Pirnipuu (1973), the operettas Rummu Jüri (1954), Tuled kodusadamas (1958) and Stella Polaris (1961) as well as numerous song cycles .

Leo Normet was particularly interested in the music of Jean Sibelius , about whom he also published. In addition, he published other music theory works, including on oriental music.

Private life

Leo Normet was the husband of the Estonian writer Dagmar Normet (1921-2008).

literature

  • Leo Normet: Indiat Leidmas. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977.
  • Leo Normet: Värvimängud, rütmirõõmud. Selle sajandi loomesuundi. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990.
  • Leo Normet: "Vielä Sibeliuksen neljännestä." In: Suomen musiikin vuosikirja 1968-1969. Helsinki: Otava, 1969.
  • Leo Normet: "The mythical in non-programmatic music." In: Musical signification: essays in the semiotic theory and analysis of music. Edited by Eero Tarasti. Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995, pp. 559-565.
  • Leo Normet: “The Sibelian Driving Force of Development as Expressed in his Symphonies.” In: Proceedings from The First International Jean Sibelius Conference, Helsinki, August 1990. Eero Tarasti (Ed.). Helsinki: Sibelius Academy, 1995, pp. 145-49.
  • Leo Normet: “On Universals and their Subdivisions.” In: Les universaux en musique. Actes du quatrième congrès international on the signification musicale tenu à Paris, en Sorbonne du 9 au 13 October 1994. Costin Marieanu and Xavier Hascher (Eds.). Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1999, pp. 191-195.
  • Leo Normet. "Art Nouveau from a semiotic point of view" In: Dvidešimtojo amžiaus muzika muzikologijos akiratyje: 29-os ir 32-os Baltijos muzikologų konferencijų pranešimų rinkinys, 1995, spalio 19-21, 1998, lapkričio 5-7, Vilnius = Music of the twentieth century horizons of musicology: selected papers of the 29th and 32nd conferences of Baltic musicologists, October 19-21, 1995, November 5-7, 1998, Vilnius. Vilnius, 2001. pp. 63-70
  • Leo Normet: Sibeliuse kaudu maailma. Edited by Sirje Vihma-Normet. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004.
  • Лео Нормет: Симфонии Сибелиуса. Edited by Mart Humal. Tallinn: Aleksandra, 2011.
  • Erik Tawastjerna, Eero Tarasti, Leo Normet: Keskustelu Sibeliuksesta - vuodelta 1987. - http://video.helsinki.fi/Arkisto/tallenne.php?ID=19267
  • Eero Tarasti: "Leo Normet - eesti juugend." In: Leo Normet. Sibeliuse kaudu maailma. Edited by Sirje Vihma-Normet. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004.
  • Maris Männik-Kirme: "Leo Normet in the mirror of his time." In: AKADEEMIA No. 5, 2005.
  • Sirje Vihma-Normet: Kahekõne Leo Normeti päevaraamatuga. Tallinn: Varrak, 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 327f.
personal data
SURNAME Normet, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Normet, Leopold-Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Parnu
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1995
Place of death Tallinn