Andrejs Jurjāns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrejs Jurjāns

Latvian composer (1856-1922)

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1856

Place of Birth: Ērgļi, Ērgļi Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1922

Profession: composer, musician

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Andrejs Jurjans (September 30, 1856 – September 28, 1922) was a Latvian composer and musicologist.
He was Latvia's first classical composer, having composed instrumental pieces and cantatas.
Jurjans also studied and collected more than 6000 pieces of Latvian folklore, among them 3000 songs, which he compiled in six books, called Latvju tautas muzikas materiali (Materials of Latvian Folk Music).