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Miina Härma

1864 - 1941

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Miina Härma (born Miina Hermann; February 9, 1864 – November 16, 1941) was an Estonian composer. She was the second Estonian musician with higher education. Her greatest contribution is perhaps the fact that she took organ music to the countryside, as virtually no skilled organists gave concerts outside of towns. During her 60-year creative career, she wrote more than 200 choral songs,10 cavatinas, a canto, "Kalev and Linda" and much more. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miina Härma is the 979th most popular composer (up from 1,227th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 164th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Estonian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Miina Härma ranks 979 out of 1,451. Before her are Allan Pettersson, Julius Rietz, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Valentino Fioravanti, Friedrich Gernsheim, and Arnold Mendelssohn. After her are Bojan Adamič, Édouard Deldevez, August Enna, Carlo Rustichelli, Alessandro Rolla, and Princess Amalie of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Miina Härma ranks 116. Before her are Alexander Dutov, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Nathan Birnbaum, Louis Lumière, Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, and Léon Gaumont. After her are Israel Zangwill, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, George Nichols, Stanley Maude, and George Hillyard. Among people deceased in 1941, Miina Härma ranks 132. Before her are Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Fritz Manteuffel, George Abraham Grierson, Pavel Filonov, Georgette Leblanc, and Alfred Pringsheim. After her are Huseyn Javid, Charles Murray, Nazikeda Kadın, Yakov Smushkevich, Jin Shuren, and Helen Morgan.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Miina Härma ranks 111 out of 351. Before her are Jüri Järvet (1919), Ragnar Nurkse (1907), Juhan Aavik (1884), Paavo Järvi (1962), Amandus Adamson (1855), and Ants Laikmaa (1866). After her are Alfred Schmidt (1898), Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Otto Tief (1889), Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805), and Artur Kapp (1878).

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Among COMPOSERS In Estonia

Among composers born in Estonia, Miina Härma ranks 10. Before her are Eduard Tubin (1905), Heino Eller (1887), Alexei Lvov (1798), Käbi Laretei (1922), Ester Mägi (1922), and Juhan Aavik (1884). After her are Artur Kapp (1878), Rudolf Tobias (1873), Gustav Ernesaks (1908), Eino Tamberg (1930), Lepo Sumera (1950), and Knudåge Riisager (1897).

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