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Veljo Tormis
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Ancient song recovered
- The Bishop and The Pagan
- Childhood Memory (Herding Calls)
- Eesti kalendrilaulud
- Four Estonian Lullabies
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Film & TV
Kuusalu, Harju County, Estonia
Veljo Tormis (August 7, 1930 – January 21, 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based…
Known for
- Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea2011
- Outlaws — Papp1971
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Estonia
- Active from
- 1930-08-07
- Active to
- 2017-01-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,239
- Total plays
- 137,253
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Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the greatest choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. He is internationally famous for his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs (regilaulud), either textually, melodically, or merely stylistically. <a href="https
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Aru
- Place of death
- Tallinn
- Spouse
- Lea Tormis
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Employer
- University of Tartu
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Field of work
- film score
- Genre
- choral music
- Instrument
- pipe organ
- Official website
- www.veljotormis.com
- Image
- Veljo Tormis.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-08-07
- date of death
- 2017-01-21
- Commons category
- Veljo Tormis
- name in native language
- Veljo Tormis
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
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