Miina Harma
Miina Härma (up to Estnisierung their last name in 1935 Miina Hermann * January 28 . Jul / 9. February 1864 greg. In Kõrveküla, then community Raadi, Livonia , today rural community of Tartu , Estonia ; † 16th November 1941 in Tartu ) was a Estonian composer, choir director and organist.
life and work
Miina Härma was born into a family of teachers and musicians. She attended school in Tartu. From the age of 15 she received piano and composition lessons from the Estonian composer and writer Karl August Hermann (no relatives).
From 1883 to 1890 Miina Härma studied as one of the first Estonians ever at the St. Petersburg Conservatory , the subjects organ (with Louis Homilius ) and composition . After completing her studies, she stayed in Saint Petersburg . There she worked as a music teacher and organist. Concert tours also took her abroad.
Miina Härma returned to Tartu in 1894. There she was organist and founded a renowned mixed choir (since 1920 Miina Hermanni Lauluseltsi segakoor ).
From 1903 to 1915 Miina Härma lived in Kronstadt , where she mainly worked as a music teacher. During the First World War , she moved back to Tartu. In 1917 she became a music teacher at a girls' high school (until 1929). At the same time she was editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Eesti Muusika Kuukirja and chairwoman of the "Tartu Association for Music Art" ( Estonian Tartu Helikunsti Selts ). In 1919 she and others founded the Tartu Higher Music School. In 1939 she was made an honorary doctorate from the University of Tartu and an honorary professor at the Tallinn Conservatory .
Miina Härma lived in Tartu until her death. Today she is buried in the Raadi cemetery in Tartu. The granite grave monument erected in 1965 was made by the Estonian sculptor Alexander Eller . The girls' high school, where she taught from 1917, has been named after her since 1964. In 1984 a monument in her honor was erected in front of the Miina Härma Gümnaasium .
Musical work
In addition to her work as an organist and active supporter of Estonian musical life, Miina Härma is best known as a choir director at Estonian song festivals and as a composer. She has composed around 200 choral works. Its lyrical keynote is formative. She also wrote three songbooks for choirs, ten cavatines , the cantata Kalev ja Linda (1894), well-known folk song arrangements and the singspiel Murueide tütar (1902).
Web links
- Life, catalog raisonné, pictures (Estonian)
- CV and pictures ( Memento from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 97
- ↑ Information on the grave
- ↑ Miina Härma High School
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Härma, Miina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hermann, Miina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kõrveküla, then Raadi rural municipality, Livonia , now Tartu rural municipality , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1941 |
| Place of death | Tartu |