Mart Saar

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Mart Saar (1932)

Mart Saar (born August 28, 1882 on the Hüpassaare farm, today the village of Vihi, Suure-Jaani , Viljandi County , Estonia ; † October 28, 1963 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian composer .

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Mart Saar was born into the family of a forester . He attended the elementary school in Kaansoo village, the parish school in Suure-Jaani and the high school in Põltsamaa . At the age of eight he was given his first organ. The music teacher in Suure-Jaani, Joosep Kapp , the father of the later composer Artur Kapp , discovered and promoted the boy's talent.

From 1901 Saar studied organ with Louis Homilius at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and graduated in 1908. By 1911 he completed a post-graduate program in composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoly Lyadow .

In 1911 he settled in Tartu as a music teacher and moved to Tallinn in 1921 as a freelance composer and organist . He was also the editor of the music magazine Muusikaleht .

From 1932 to 1943 Saar lived and worked in his parents' house in Hüpassaare. From 1943 to 1956 he taught as a professor of composition at the Tallinn Conservatory. His most famous students include Ester Mägi , Harri Otsa and Jaan Rääts .

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Mart Saar was one of the most famous and respected composers of his time. His early years were strongly influenced by the music of the 19th century. In later times he combined more and more contemporary music with influences from traditional Estonian folk music. His choral works with Estonian poems (some of which he wrote himself) are still among the most famous songs in Estonia.

Aftermath

Mart Saar's grave is in the Suure-Jaani cemetery. In 1972 a museum about his work was set up in his parents' house in Hüpassaare. In 1982 the sculptor Aime Kuulbusch (* 1942) created a memorial for Mart Saar in Tallinn.

Works (selection)

  • Works for mixed choir:
    • Põhjavaim
    • On the part of Sammeldunud Sängi
    • Oh Kodumaa
    • Mis Sa Nutad, tammekene?
    • Kõver Kuuseke
    • Mälestus
    • Allik
  • Works for male choir
    • Küll ma Laulaks
  • Works for female choir
    • Päikesele
  • Songs
    • Must Lind
    • Lauliku Talveüksindus
  • Works for piano
    • 20 Rahvaviisi
    • Eesti Süidid
    • Prelüüd yes Fuuga G-duur
    • Humorous
    • sketch

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personal data
SURNAME Saar, Mart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hüpassaare farm, today Vihi village, Suure-Jaani , Viljandi County , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1963
Place of death Tallinn