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{{Short description|Estonian composer and organist}}
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{{Infobox classical composer
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'''Mihkel Lüdig''' ({{OldStyleDate|9 May|1880|27 April}}
== Events ==
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* the opening of new building of [[Vanemuine]] in 1906;
* the Music Day of [[Tartu]] in 1909;
* the seventh
* the opening of [[Endla Theatre|Endla]] in 1911.
== 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 ''{{ill|Helikund|et}}'', edited by
== Career ==
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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 Theatre|Endla]] society. In 1934–1958 — until his death — he lived and worked in [[Vändra]].
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
== Sources ==
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[[Category:1880 births]]
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[[Category:Estonian Lutherans]]
[[Category:Estonian organists]]
[[Category:Male organists]]
[[Category:Estonian choral conductors]]
[[Category:Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni]]▼
[[Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni]]▼
[[Category:Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre faculty]]▼
[[Category:20th-century organists]]
[[Category:20th-century Estonian composers]]
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[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
▲[[Category:Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni]]
▲[[Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni]]
[[Category:People's Artists of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
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