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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23 August 1879 Cēsis, Governorate
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Died |
23 December 1951 (aged 72) Riga, Latvian
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Zodiac | Leo |
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