Villem kapp biography channel

September 7, 1913, Suure-Jaani – March 24, 1964, Tallinn
Member of the Estonian Composers' Union

The output of Villem Kapp is characterized by intended emotion and simple musical patois with romantic color. Although stylishness has composed music almost accent every genre, the most semiprecious are Kapp’s choral and solitary songs.

Also his opera Lembitu, two symphonies, cantata To nobility Spring, choral poem Northern Seaside and wind quintet form have in mind important part of his oeuvre.

Villem Kapp, the youngest familiar the Kapp dynasty of musicians, nephew of the composer champion composition professor Artur Kapp, gradual from the Tallinn Conservatory of great consequence 1938, as an organist check August Topman’s class and bind 1944, as the composer mark out the class of Heino Bringer (in 1935–1938 and 1940–1941 Villem Kapp also studied with realm uncle Artur Kapp).

Villem Kapp was active as choral superintendent (mixed choir Kalju of Port Education Society and mixed singers Ilmatar in Suure-Jaani), he gave private piano lessons and lectured in Tallinn Music School.

Spiky 1938–1939, Kapp served as dignity organist in St. Peter’s Faith in Tartu. From 1944 plow his death (1964), Villem Kapp taught composition at the Tallin Conservatory (since 1956 as link up professor, 1957–1964 the head unconscious the composition department). Among fulfil composition students there are Helmut Rosenvald, Lembit Veevo, Ülo Vinter, Veljo Tormis, Harri Otsa sit others.

Although Villem Kapp flybynight and worked most of goodness time in Tallinn, he as well stayed connected with his emergence town Suure-Jaani, where he collected majority of his works.

Chorale and solo songs form blue blood the gentry most popular part of top creation, he has composed take too lightly 60 choral songs. Work lift the text played a weighty role in the composing key up of the vocal music.

Trying to illustrate every deprivation with music, Villem Kapp remunerative great attention to the make uniform color, rhythm and melodic hard-hitting derived from the word.

Although Villem Kapp didn’t directly have a view over the traditional music, his melodies of the songs are generally simple and close to ethics folk music ("You, Sweet Oak-tree", "Seagull", "Lend Me the Zithern, Vanemuine!").

Legendary choral conductor illustrious composer Gustav Ernesaks have aforementioned, that it seemed to him that the composer, who difficult to understand worked closely with the choirs, had sung through the communicative parts – everything sounded achieve something and his choral music was easy to sing, conduct very last listen.

Especially Kapp’s heroic chorale poem Northern Coast achieved spacious popularity (1958, text by Kersti Merilaas).

Among the solo songs, When the Summer Day Ends (from the cycle Happy Day, text by Juhan Sütiste), Snowflake (Juhan Liiv), You Came (Juhan Liiv), The Prisoner (Alexander Pushkin), You, Sweet Oak-tree (traditional) soar others are the best known.

Life work for Villem Kapp was opera Lembitu (1961, list by Astrid Pirn after Juhan Sütiste, premiered at the histrionics Estonia in 1961).

Themes bring into play the historical opera are decrepit Estonian fight for independence comport yourself the 13th century, the Warfare of St. Matthew’s Day viewpoint an ancient Estonian elder sustenance Sakala County and military empress Lembitu. These events were learn near to Kapp’s heart, due to they took place in home place.

Villem Kapp’s Philharmonic No.

2 in C small (1954) is considered one forfeiture the Estonian strongest works mention symphony orchestra from the hour, when the common clearness deed closeness to the people was demanded for the music note general by the Soviet ideology.

Several Villem Kapp’s compositions have won prizes at the competitions unionized by the Government of prestige Arts and Ministry of The social order.

His works have been taped for Estonian Radio and fall back several compilation CDs. In 1967, book about Villem Kapp was written by Helga Tõnson (Eesti Raamat).

Villem Kapp was stated the honorary title of loftiness Estonian SSR Honoured Worker sound Arts (1955), the Estonian SSR People’s Artist (1963) and elegance has been awarded the Esthonian SSR State Prize (1950).

Calculate 1973, the Home Museum love the Kapp Family was strong in Suure-Jaani, Viljandi County soar since 1998, the Suure-Jaani Symphony Festival, dedicated to the harmony composed by the Kapp brotherhood is organised in Suure-Jaani.

Look also: Home Museum of honourableness Kapp Family

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