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Gustav Ernesaks
Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1908 ma ke kauhale o Perila (Estonia) i loko o ka ʻohana o kahi limahana kālepa. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke mele ma ka Tallinn Conservatory, puka ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1931. Mai ia manawa ua lilo ʻo ia i kumu mele, he alakaʻi mele a me ka haku mele Estonia. Ma waho aʻe o nā palena o ka Estonian SSR, ua hauʻoli ka hui mele i hana ʻia a alakaʻi ʻia e Ernesaks, ka Estonian State Men's Choir, kaulana a mahalo ʻia.
ʻO Ernesaks ka mea kākau o ka opera Pühajärv, i hana ʻia ma 1947 ma ke kahua o ka Estonia Theatre, a ʻo ka opera Shore of Storms (1949) i hāʻawi i ka makana Stalin.
ʻO ka ʻāpana nui o Ernesaks o ka hoʻokumu ʻana he mau mele mele. Ka mea haku mele no ka National Anthem of the Estonian SSR (aponoia ma 1945).
Nā haku mele:
kahawai – Sacred Lake (1946, Estonian opera and ballet tr.), Stormcoast (1949, ibid.), Hand in Hand (1955, ibid.; 2nd ed. – Singspiel Marie and Mikhel, 1965, tr. “Vanemuine”), Baptism o ke ahi (1957, Estonian opera and ballet troupe), comedian. ʻo ka opera ʻO nā kāne male mai Mulgimaa (1960, TV channel Vanemuine); no ka papa himeni hui ole - cantatas Battle Horn (mau hua'ōlelo mai ka Estonian epic "Kalevipoeg", 1943), Himeni, kanaka manuahi (lyrics by D. Vaarandi, 1948), Mai hoʻokahi tausani naʻau (lyrics by P. Rummo, 1955); no ka papa himeni me ka hookani piano – suite Pehea ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe lawaiʻa (nā mele na Yu. Smuul, 1953), poems Girl and Death (lirics by M. Gorky, 1961), Lenin of a Thousand Years (lirics by I. Becher, 1969); mele mele (St. 300), including My Fatherland is my love (lyrics by L. Koidula, 1943), New Year's goat (folk words, 1952), Tartu White Nights (lyrics by E. Enno, 1970); mele a me na keiki; mele no na hana keaka. t-ra, me ka "The Iron House" na E. Tammlaan, no na kii.
