Sisask, Urmas (1960)
Urmas Sisask. Picture from Discogs.
| Alternative last name spellings: Sissask. |
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Urmas Sisask is a music composer and conductor from Estonia. He composes religious and contemporary sacred music inspired in Gregorian chant and astronomy, concretely in planets movements and trajectories around the solar system. His music has a rhythmic pulse, tonal and modal harmony, polyphony and heterophony. His melodies come from Estonian folk song and European sacred music. He created the “planetary scale”, also known as the Japanese pentatonic scale. Sisask has worked as a music teacher and chorus conductor, and has composed music for theater and soundtracks. | |
| Sex: Male | Occupation: Composer, conductor, teacher. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Rapla, Rapla Maakond, Estonia. |
Country Tags: Estonia. |
| Periods: XX-XXI. | Genres: Symphonic music, Orchestral music, Choral music, Chamber music, Vocal music, Instrumental music, Religious music, Spiritual music, Sacred music, Concert, music for theater, Soundtracks. |
| Styles: Contemporary music, Avant-Garde Music, Polyphonic music, Heterophonic music, Virtuosism, Nationalism, Traditional. | School / Group: Tallinn Conservatory |
| Instruments: – | Relatives: Siiri Sisask (brother). |
| Patrons: – | Master: Rene Eespere, Anatoli Garšnek, Mati Kuulberg |
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External links
- Urmas Sisask in Allmusic: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/urmas-sisask-mn0001279361 – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/208040/radio?autoplay=true – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/875249-Urmas-Sisask – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Estonian Music Information Center: https://www.emic.ee/urmas-sisask – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Lasf.fm: https://www.last.fm/es/music/Urmas+Sisask – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Naxos: https://www.naxos.com/person/Urmas_Sisask/29127.htm – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in People Pill: https://peoplepill.com/people/urmas-sisask/ – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Rateyourmusic: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/urmas_sisask – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kwintessens/kamerkoor-kwintessens-oremus?in=user-250745369/sets/urmas-sisask – [16/04/2020].
- Urmas Sisask in Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/47ZwWwHo8DKHvZUcwq1fR4?autoplay=true&v=A – [16/04/2020].
- Wikipedia.org: Urmas Sisask: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmas_Sisask – [16/04/2020].
Bibliography
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- Michels, Ulrich. (1992) Atlas de música, vol. 2. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
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- Pajares Alonso, Roberto L. (2010). Historia de la Música en 6 bloques. Madrid: Visión libros
- Ross, Alex. (2013). El ruido eterno. Escuchar al siglo XX a través de su música. Barcelona: Seix Barral.
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