Product code: LV1L13VIT
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Jazeps Vitols (German: Joseph Wihtol; 26 July 1863 – 24 April 1948) was a Latvian composer, pedagogue and music critic. He is considered one of the fathers of Latvian classical music.
Quality - PROOF
Face Value - 1 lats
Diameter - 35.00 mm
Alloy - Silver (Ag) 0.925
Weight - 22.00 g
Mintage - 3 000 pcs.
Year of issue - 2013
Packaging - Comes in a case complete with a numbered certificate of authenticity and protective slipcase
| Country of origin: | Latvija (Latvia) |
| Manufacturer: | Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt |
Latvia 1 lats 2013 Ag PROOF
Jazeps Vitols (1863–1948) had two working lives. Before the founding of an independent Latvian state, he was a highly respected professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, music critic, friend of Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Glazunov as well as an activist of the Latvian community in St. Petersburg. When it seemed that the time was right to retire and enjoy fishing, a favourite pastime of Vitols, he returned to Latvia at the age of fifty-five and launched a new career: he established a conservatory, thereby laying the cornerstone for professional musical education in the young Latvian state. Up until his departure from Latvia in 1944, Vitols (with a brief hiatus) was head of the conservatory and raised a whole generation of brilliant musicians. With his gleaming pate, aquiline nose, favourably, but not excessively, inclined, invariably sporting a loose tie of white silk, he was always at the centre of the music life of the young country. The memories of Vitols's pupils speak of great respect and love for their teacher.
