Folk MusicMiina Härma was one of the first composers to use folk music in her own compositions. Beginning in 1895, she collected folk music on the Estonian West Coast, organized singing days and song festivals across Estonia. Many of her songs and arrangements have been included in Estonian Song Festival repertoire.
Important Choral MusicHärma wrote over 200 choral and vocal songs.
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Miina Härma
1864-1941
Miina Härma was Estonia's first female composer of note. She was widely recognized at home in Estonia and abroad during her lifetime as a composer, organist and choral conductor. She was the second Estonian to receive higher education in music and studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She was influential in founding an Estonian touring choir as well as a children's choir and the Tartu Composers' Society.