Gustav Ernesaks
1908 - 1993
Place of Birth: N/A
Actor
Biography
Gustav Ernesaks (12 December 1908 – 24 January 1993) was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor. Ernesaks was born in Perila, Peningi Parish. He played an integral role in the Singing Revolution and was one of the father figures of the Estonian Song Festival tradition. One of his songs, a setting of Lydia Koidula's poem Mu isamaa on minu arm,
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