Aleksander Maaker Explained
Aleksander Maaker (in Muda, Hiiumaa – 28 January 1968),[1] nicknamed Torupilli-Sass[2] was a folk musician, a player of the traditional torupill, the Estonian bagpipe.[3] Maaker was from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. At the time of his death, the only other torupill player was the revivalist Olev Roomet,[4] at the time a choir member, though other revivalist such as Ants Taul took up the instrument and its construction beginning in the 1970s.
Aleksander Maaker learned bagpipe playing from his uncle Juhan Maaker (1845–1930) (Torupilli-Juss)[2] one of the most popular folk musicians in Estonia called the "king of bagpipe players" at the time.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Sünnipäevad: 20. OKTOOBER. tele2.ee. 17 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145051/http://my.tele2.ee/kaidoko/synnipee/esyokt/esy20okt.htm. 22 July 2011. dead. et.
- Web site: Särtsakaid lugusid Hiiumaa kroonimata peast Juhan Maakerist . https://archive.today/20070807104400/http://www.noored.hiiumaa.ee/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=78&cntnt01returnid=39 . dead . 7 August 2007 . Helen Kõmmus . 20 November 2007 . noored.hiiumaa.ee . 17 May 2011 . et.
- Book: Säckpipan i Norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg. 1990. Musikmuseet. 243.
- Book: Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Musée instrumental. Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments bulletin. 1976. F. Knuf.. 53.
- Web site: bagpipe "One goose makes two sounds." . cätlin jaago . February 2005 . . 17 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811052156/http://www.estinst.ee/publications/estonianculture/II_MMV/jaago.html . 11 August 2011 . dead.
