Leo Normet (17 September 1922

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

– 27 December 1995

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n composer,

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

. In 1950, he graduated from

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in composition speciality. Since 1954, he taught music history at Tallinn State Conservatory (since 1991 the professor). As a musicologist, he was focused on

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

' legacy. He was one of the founders of Estonian Music Council in 1992, and also being its first chairman. Since 1945, he was a member of

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill Märt-Matis Lill (born 6 Novemb ...

Works

* operetta "Hermese kannul" (1946; with Boris Kõrver) * operetta "Rummu Jüri" (1954; with

Edgar Arro Edgar Arro (24 March 1911 Tallinn – 24 December 1978 Tallinn) was an Estonian composer. In 1935 he graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn Conservatory in organ discipline and in composition discipline. During WW II he was ...

) * operetta "Tuled kodusadamas" (1958; with

) * operetta "Stella Polaris" (1961) * opera "Valgus Koordis" (1955) * opera "Pirnipuu" (1973)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Normet, Leo 1922 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre People from Pärnu