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{{Short description|Estonian composer}}
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'''Eugen Kapp'''{{efn|name=spelling|{{bulleted list|{{langx|et|Eugen Kapp}}|{{langx|ru|Эуген Артурович Капп|{{transliteration|ru|Eugen Arturovich Kapp}}}}}}}} ({{OldStyleDate|26 May|1908|13 May}}{{snd}}29 October 1996) was an [[Estonia]]n [[composer]] and music educator. Characterized by simple [[harmonies]], march [[rhythms]] and an appealing [[melodic]] style, his music is reflective upon the musical ideas favoured by the [[Stalinist regime]] of the 1940s and 1950s. He is best remembered today for his contribution to Russian [[opera]].

Born in [[Astrakhan]], in the [[Astrakhan Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]], Kapp was the son of [[Artur Kapp]], also a composer and teacher. His first cousin was the composer, organist and music teacher [[Villem Kapp]]. Kapp studied under his father at the [[Tallinn Conservatory]] and graduated from there in 1931. Four years later he joined the adjunct faculty at the Conservatory where he taught music theory and composition. He won the [[State Stalin Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1946 for his [[opera]] ''Tasuleegid'' (‘Fire of Revenge’). In 1947 he was appointed a full professor at the Conservatory, acting as rector from 1952 to 1964. Several of Kapp's students, such as [[Eino Tamberg]], went on to have successful careers. From 1948 to 1965, Kapp served as chairman of the [[Estonian Composers' Union]]. In 1950 he was awarded a Stalin Prize for another opera, ''Vabaduse laulik'' ("Bard of Freedom"), followed by a third prize in 1952 for the [[ballet]] ''Kalevipoeg''. Kapp died in [[Tallinn]], Estonia in 1996.

==Operas==
*''Tasuleegid'' (Flames of Revenge) (1945) 
*''Vabaduse laulik'' (1950) 
*''Talvemuinasjutt'' (1959) 
*''Tabamatu'' (1961) 
*''Assol'' (1965) 
*''Rembrandt'' (1975) 
*''An Unseen Wonder'' (1983)

==Notes==
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==References==
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*Urve Lippus. The ''[[New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}} and {{ISBN|1-56159-228-5}}
*Don Michael Randel. The ''Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'' (1996). {{ISBN|0-674-37299-9|}}

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