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Eduard Tubin
1905 - 1982
Estonia
| E. Tubin |
Eduard Tubin (18/06/1905 - 17/11/1982), an Estonian composer, born in Torila, Dorpat. He was a pupil of Kodály in Budapest.
| Author: | Theo Willemze |
| Source: | Componistenlexicon |
Requiem for fallen soldiers
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1979 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Henrik Visnapuu and Marie Under |
| Duration: | 33'25'' |
| In memory of: | fallen soldiers |
| Label(s): | BIS - BISCD297 |
The Estonian title: Reekviem langenud sőduritele, (ETW 25). The requiem is for mail choir, organ, mezzo-soprano, trumpet, percussion and timpani. Tubin started writing this piece in 1949-1950 and finished it in 1979. Lyrics: poems by Henrik Visnapuu (1890 - 1951), an Estonian poet, and Marie Under (1883 - 1980), a female Estonian poet.
| Author: | Vardo Rumessen and Herman Ram |
| Source: | http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Tubin/Messe/ETW_025/index.html |
| Henrik Visnapuu (text) |
Marie Under (text) |