Eduard Tubin

Eduard Tubin (Torila, Estonia, June 18th 1905 - Stockholm, Sweden, November 17th 1982) is a Compositeur Estonia N.

Biography

Resulting from an rural environment, Eduard Tubin was born in Torila, a village close to Kallaste, on the edges of the lake Peipsi in Estonia. His/her parents (his father exerted the trades of tailor and fisherman) were both music lovers, and Eduard revealed a musical talent early.

It made musical studies with Tartu where it directed the orchestra (the most important formation musical after the theater of Tallinn), then travelled in Europe between the two wars. It met in particular Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók which encouraged it. On the model of the first, it was interested highly in the folk music of its country.

In 1940, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet troops and after a few years of cohabitation, Tubin flees in Sweden with his Erika wife and her two sons, in September 1944.

It worked there until its death, carrying out in this country the major part of its work. It composed for the philharmonic orchestra of Stockholm and this same city operated it. It also made there an important research task for the rehabilitation of works baroques. Swedish citizen in 1961, it renewed contact with his native land as of 1965. Its meeting with the Estonian leader Neeme Järvi ensured the world diffusion of its orchestral work. He becomes member of the royal academy of music of Sweden.

Principal works

Chamber music

Sonata for piano n° 1 (1928)
Sonata for piano n° 2 Northern Lights (1950)
Sonata for violin n° 1 (1934-36 (revised in 1968-69)
Capriccio n° 1 for violin and piano (1937, revised in 1971)
Sonata for viola (1964-65)
Sonata for viola and saxophone (1951)

Symphonic works

Symphony n° 1 in minor C (1931-34)
Symphony n° 2 Legendary , in so minor (1937)
Symphony n° 3 Heroic , in minor D (1940-42, revised in 1968)
Symphony n° 4 Lyrical , in (1943, revised in 1978) the
Symphony n° 5 in minor ground (1946)
Symphony n° 6 (1953-54, revised in 1956)
Symphony n° 7 (1955-58)
Symphony n° 8 (1965-66)
Symphony n° 9 Sinfonia semplice (1969)
Symphony n° 10 (1973)
Symphony n° 11 (1981/82, unfinished, the first movement was supplemented by Kaljo Raid)

Music for cords (1962-63)
Sinfonietta on Estonian topics (1930-31)
Toccata (1937)
solemn Prelude (1940)

Concertos

Concerto for violin n° 1 in major D (1941-42)
Concerto for violin n° 2 in minor ground (1945)
Concerto for two violoncellos (1948)
Concerto Balalaika (1963-64)
Concertino for piano (1944-45)

Works choral societies

Cantata for the Inauguration (Vihkiäiskantaatti), baritone, reciting, mixed chorus and orchestra (1958)
Requiem for the dead soldiers with the combat (Reekviem langenud sõduritele) for mezzo-soprano, chorus of men, trumpet, organ, percussion & timpani (1950, rev. 1979) Text of Henrik Visnapuu (1890-1951) & Marie Under (1883-1980)

Operas

Pühajärv Opera on a booklet of Juhan Sütiste (1941, unfinished)
Libahunt Booklet of Albert Üksip according to August Kitzberg (1944, unfinished)
Pasteur de Reigi (Reigi õpetaja) Opera in six cenes (1970/71)
Barbara von Tisenhusen Opera in three acts and nine scenes (1967/68)

Selective discography

Integral of the symphonies accompanied by some symphonic works - (A), Dir. Neeme Järvi.

External bonds

Eduard Tubin Society

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