Vigners, Ernest Andreyevich
(1850–1933)
Vigners, Ernest Andreyevich (1–19–1850, Liekmani; 5–25–1933, Riga). Cond., pedagogue, and comp. Father of L. Vigners . Grad. as an oboist, organist, and comp. from the M. Cons., studying with P. Chaikovsky and S. I. Taneyev . Held teaching and cond. positions in M., Vilnius, and Riga, where he founded a mus. sch. Collected and transcribed folk songs and had a major infl. on choral music in Latvia. Bibliography: Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music]…