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Estonian composer and conductor
Eduard Oja
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Born
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1905-01-17
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17 January 1905
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Died
| 16 April 1950
(1950-04-16)
(aged 45)
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Occupation(s)
| Composer, conductor, music teacher and critic
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Years active
| 1925-1950
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Spouse
| Adele-Marie Oja
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Eduard Oja
(17 January 1905 in
Palupohja
? 16 April 1950 in
Tartu
) was an Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic. His father was a forest warden.
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Between 1919 and 1925 he studied at
Tartu Teachers' College
at
Tartu University
, where he met
Eduard Tubin
, and he also worked for some time as a school teacher.
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He was not a particularly prolific composer, composing mainly orchestral and ensemble works and choral music.
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He was however much appreciated during his lifetime, and received awards and acclaim for several of his works. He also worked as a conductor, leading the Tartu Women's Singing Society's Women's Choir between 1930 and 1934, as well as a teacher of music theory at Tartu Higher School of Music. In addition, he was himself a practising violinist.
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A number of his works such as the opera Oath Redeemed (
Estonian
:
Lunastatud vanne
)
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and the choral work The Return Home (
Estonian
:
Kojuminek
)
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have been lost, although the majority of his work has survived, and is valued in museums in Estonia today. The Eduard Tubin Museum of
Alatskivi Castle
contains exhibits related to him and his fellow students under
Heino Eller
, known as the "Tartu school", such as Eduard Tubin,
Alfred Karindi
,
Olav Roots
and
Karl Leichter
.
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