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Imants Kalniņš (born May 26, 1941 in Riga, Latvia) is one of the most important composers in the history of Latvian music. Having studied classical, as well as choral music, he has written six symphonies, several operas (including the first rock opera in the USSR - Ei, jūs tur!/ “Hey, you there!”), oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater music. However, he is generally best known for his rock songs and is to be considered the first composer of intellectual rock music.
During the 1960s, Kalniņš led the Liepāja rock band 2xBBM, which was extremely loved because of its heartfelt songs and hippy-like lifestyle. Kalniņš became the symbol of the spirituality, rebellion and worldview of the generation, and it was emphasized by the fact the band was forced to stop playing because of the pressure from official institutions. However, this doesn’t stop the music of Kalniņš from being heard - it is played by the incredibly popular band Menuets (Latvian for ‘minuet’), which plays songs almost exclusively by Kalniņš.
During the 1970s, Kalniņš returned to writing symphonic music. In 1984, he wrote the rock oratorio Kā jūra, kā zeme, kā debess/ “Like the sea, like the earth, like the sky” together with Juris K...
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Viņi dejoja vienu vasaru
Dūdieviņš
Smilšu rausis
Lilioma dziesma
Buramdziesmiņa
Betas dziesma
Akāciju palags
Alvas Zaldātiņi
Aplis
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Pirmās dziesmas
Dziesmu izlase
Trešās dziesmas
Otrās dziesmas
Par lietām, kuras tā ar nekad nepāriet
Vēl viens putnu dārzs
Es redzēju sapnī
4. simfonija
Pūt, vējiņi!
I Love You
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soul seven;kim wilson / jeffrey wright;bill sims, jr. / g-funk / master.p / aicelle santos / gretchen barreto / soldiers of fortune / spectrals / grupo salvaje / congotronics vs rockers
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