Famous life · 29.05.1873
Rudolf Tobias's birth home in Käina
Rudolf Tobias was born in Käina on Hiiumaa on 29 May 1873, the second of thirteen children of the parish sexton Johannes Tobias. His father gave him his first lessons in music. The boy grew up to be the first Estonian with an academic education as a composer. He wrote the first Estonian symphonic overture, Julius Caesar, in 1896, and the first Estonian oratorio, The Sending of Jonah, in 1907. In 1910 he moved to Berlin, where he died in 1918. A memorial plaque was put on his birth home in Käina in 1959, and in 1973, on his hundredth birthday, the house became a museum.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Rudolf Tobias sündis 29. mail 1873 Hiiumaal Käinas köster Johannes Tobiase kolmeteistkümnest lapsest teisena. Esimesed muusikateadmised sai ta isalt. Poisist kasvas esimene eestlane, kes omandas akadeemilise hariduse helilooja erialal. Ta kirjutas esimese eesti sümfoonilise avamängu „Julius Caesar” (1896) ja esimese eesti oratooriumi „Joonase lähetamine” (1907). 1910. aastal kolis ta Berliini, kus suri 1918. aastal. Tema sünnikodule Käinas pandi 1959. aastal mälestustahvel ja 1973. aastal, tema 100. sünniaastapäeval, avati majas muuseum.