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          What a remarkable composer!...

          In , he became the musical director of the Estonia theatre and a teacher at the Tallinn Conservatoire (from professor of composition).

        1. In , he became the musical director of the Estonia theatre and a teacher at the Tallinn Conservatoire (from professor of composition).
        2. From to his death, Eller was Professor of composition at the Tallinn Conservatoire, where Villem Kapp, Kaljo Raid, Boris Kõrver.
        3. What a remarkable composer!
        4. Born in Tsitre, Harjumaa County.
        5. After graduation he was awarded a French Government Grant which enabled him to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris; a city he still considers his second home.

          6. Villem Kapp

          Estonian composer

          Villem Kapp (7 September 1913 – 24 March 1964[1]) was an Estonian composer, organist and music teacher.

          Life

          Born in Suure-Jaani, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (now Estonia), Villem Kapp was the son of Hans Kapp [et] who was a sacristan, teacher and choir director.

          Villem Kapp graduated in 1938, having studied organ with August Topman and again in 1944 having studied composition with Heino Eller. In addition, Kapp studied with his uncle Artur Kapp at the Tallinn Conservatory.

          Villem Kapp (), whose popular heroic choral setting Northern Coast () will be heard; and an aria by the popular Eino Tamberg.

          From 1938 Kapp was the organist in Tartu where he ran many famous choirs. After World War II he worked mainly as a composer and taught composition at the State Conservatory of Tallinn from 1944 until his untimely death in 1964.

          His students included Helmut Rosenvald, Lembit Veevo, Ülo Vinter, Veljo Tormis, Harri Otsa and others.

          Villem Kapp's works are characterized by rich melodies and he is strongly connected to the