Alfrēds Kalniņš

Alfrēds Kalniņš
Born(1879-08-23)23 August 1879
Cēsis, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died23 December 1951(1951-12-23) (aged 72)
Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
NationalityLatvian
EducationSaint Petersburg Conservatory
Known forMusic

Alfrēds Bruno Jānis Kalniņš (23 August 1879, in Cēsis, Governorate of Livonia – 23 December 1951, in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and conductor; the founder of national Latvian opera. Kalniņš is primarily remembered for his national opera Baņuta (1920).

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