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'''Mihkel Lüdig''' (9 May 1880 in [[Reiu]] — 7 May 1958 in [[Vändra]]) was an [[Estonian people|Estonian]] [[composer]], [[organist]] and [[choir]] [[conductor (music)|conductor]]. As a [[composer]], he particularly worked on [[a cappella]] choral songs. Lüdig is considered one of the major organisers of large-scale musical events in 20th century Estonia.▼
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== Events ==▼
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▲'''Mihkel Lüdig''' ({{OldStyleDate|9 May
▲== Events ==
Lüdig initiated and led a number of events:
* the Singing Day of [[Pärnu]] in
* the opening of new building of [[Vanemuine]] in
* the Music Day of [[Tartu]] in
* the seventh [[
* the opening of [[Endla Theatre|Endla]] in
== Business ==
Lüdig was among the founders of [[Esto-Muusika]], the most successful music supply business in Estonia of the time, and the short-lived monthly journal
▲Lüdig was among the founders of [[Esto-Muusika]], the most successful music supply business in Estonia of the time, and the short-lived monthly journal [[Helikund]], edited by [[Eduard Visnapuu]].
== Career ==
In
In
▲In [[1918]]–[[1924]], Lüdig worked as an [[organist]] of the [[Kaarli kirik]].
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▲In [[1920]]–[[1922]], Lüdig was an [[Pipe organ|organ]] teacher in the [[Tallinn Higher School of Music]], one of whose founders he had been in [[1919]]. Lüdig was also a director of the school in [[1919]]–[[1923]].
The choral song "Dawn" (''"Koit"'') created by Mihkel Lüdig is traditionally the opening song of Estonian song festivals.
== Personal life ==
Mihkel Lüdig was born as the second child in a family that later had a total of 18 children.
His wife was a soprano Mathilde Lüdig-Sinkel (1882–1953), who moved to Germany in 1939, later to the USA.
His son Peeter Paul Lüdig (1906 - 1983), who was a pianist, organist and conductor, also left in 1939 for Germany, later he also lived in the USA.
He died in [[Vändra]].
Awards:
1955 Estonian SSR people's artist
▲In [[1925]], Lüdig moved to [[Argentina]], hoping to find better work. However, the rumours of lack of [[organist]]s in [[Buenos Aires]] turned out to be severely overblown, so his career there began at the post of an [[inn]] [[pianist]]; later he also [[conductor (music)|conducted]] for a local German male choir. In [[1929]], Lüdig moved back to [[Estonia]]. Until [[1932]], he taught [[Pipe organ|organ]] playing and played it himself in [[Tallinn]]; then, he moved to [[Pärnu]] and became a conductor of the [[Endla]] society. In [[1934]]–[[1958]] — until his death — he lived and worked in [[Vändra]].
== Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081007022244/http://www.koolielu.edu.ee/eesti_muusika/composers/ludig/elu.htm Koolielu: Mihkel Lüdig]
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