Google doodle today: Andrejs Jurjans’s 160th birthday

Today’s Doodle celebrates a man who, in many ways, carried Latvian music forward into the 20th century. As the country’s first professional composer and musicologist, Andrejs Jurjāns delved into the Latvian folk music of the past while taking the sounds of his homeland to new heights. Throughout his lifetime, he collected and analyzed thousands of folk melodies, organizing them into an anthology that was published across six volumes. He also composed the first-ever Latvian symphonic works, including an instrumental concerto and a cantata, and was well-known for his choir arrangements. When Jurjāns wasn’t crafting original pieces, he spent much of his time teaching. From 1882 — the year he finished his own schooling at the St. Petersburg Conservatory — to 1916, he shared his knowledge of music theory and more with students. Through his instruction, research, and composition, Jurjāns inspired many of the Latvian musicians who came after him. Today we pay tribute to that legacy on what would have been the composer’s 160th birthday. ** Name of doodle: Andrejs Jurjans’s 160th Birthday This doodle was shown: 30.09.2016 Countries, in which doodle was shown: Latvia, Lithuania Link to doodle image: http://ift.tt/2cF9MSH
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