Andrejs Jurjāns

Latvian composer

Andrejs Jurjāns (September 30, 1856 – September 28, 1922) was a Latvian composer and musicologist. He was Latvia's first classical composer, having composed instrumental pieces and cantatas. Jurjāns also studied and collected more than 6000 pieces of Latvian folklore, among them 3000 songs, which he compiled in six books, called Latvju tautas mūzikas materiāli (Materials of Latvian Folk Music).

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Ačikops
  • Barkarola
  • Dievs dod mūsu tēvu zemei
  • Ej, saulīte, drīz pie Dieva
  • Gods dievam augstībā
  • Kantāte "Tēvijai"
  • Lūk, roze zied
  • Nevis slinkojot un pūstot