Heino Eller Tartu Music College Explained

The Heino Eller Tartu Music College is a music school in Tartu, Estonia, founded in 1919.^[1] It received its current name in 1971, after the Estonian composer and music teacher Heino Eller, who taught at the school from 1920 until 1940.

Tartu School of Composition

Heino Eller's return to Tartu in 1920, to teach in the Tartu Music School, led to the development in the 1920s–1930s of the Tartu school of composition^[2]

In the 1920s, the school was named Tartu Higher Music School .

Those identified with the school include:

• Composers
  • Heino Eller (originator)
  • Eduard Tubin
    • • • • Eduard Oja Olav Roots Alfred Karindi
  • Johannes Bleive
• Music theorists
  • Karl Leichter
• Faculty
  • Salme Kann
  • Harald Laksberg

External links

• Heino Eller Tartu Music College

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elleri kooli ajaloost. Heino Elleri nimeline Tartu Muusikakool. 4 March 2018.
2. Web site: Heino Eller ja Tartu koolkond. Humal. Mart. Eesti muusika foorum. 16 April 2018.