Urmas Sisask (09/09/1960 – 17/12/2022) was an Estonian composer. Sisask was born in Rapla on 9 September 1960. One of the major inspirations for his music was astronomy. Based on the trajectories of the planets in the Solar System, he created the "planetal scale", a mode consisting of the pitches C#, D, F#, G#, and A. Later, he discovered to his surprise that this was exactly the same as the Japanese Kumajoshi mode, which is also known as the Japanese pentatonic scale.
Sisask was a Roman Catholic, and much of what he composed was sacred music. His younger sister is singer and actress Siiri Sisask.
Sisask died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 62.
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Libera me
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1988 |
| Musical form: | motet |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 12'04 |
| Label(s): | Audiomax 902 1336-6 |
Libera me, part of Gloria Patri (Op.17, 1988), 24 songs for mixed choir (a capella).
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♫ Libera me
© Audiomax 902 1336-6
Requiem
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1998 |
| Duration: | 45' |
| In memory of: | those who gave their life for the freedom of Estonia |
Requiem [Reekviem] (Op.67, 1998), for male choir, tenor and bass solo and symphony orchestra. His most known large-scale works are Requiem in Memory of Those Who Gave Their Life for the Freedom of Estonia.
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