Jurjāns, Andrejs
(1856–1922)
Jurjāns, Andrejs (9–18/30–1856, Ērgli, Vidzeme; 9–28–1922, Riga). Latvian folklorist and comp. Grad. 1880 from the P. Cons., where he studied organ with Gomilius (Homilius). Also grad. 1881 as a comp., studying with N. Rimsky-Korsakov , and 1882 as a horn player. Taught at the Kharkov Mus. Sch. (1881–1916) and concertized. In 1920 settled in Riga, where he was a founder of Latvian professional music, wrote important ethnological works on Latvian music, and comp. the first Latvian cantatas and…