# Jaan Rääts

Jaan Rääts (15 October 1932 – 25 December 2020) was a Soviet and Estonian composer who worked extensively on Estonian film scores of the 1960s and 1970s.
He was born in Tartu and became a member of the Estonian Composers' Union in 1957.

## Compositions
### Piano

* Sonata No. 1, Op. 11 No. 1 (1959)
* Sonata No. 2, Op. 11 No. 2 (1959)
* Sonata No. 3, Op. 11 No. 3 (1959)
* Sonata No. 4, Op. 36 "Quasi Beatles" (1969)
* Sonata No. 5, Op. 55
* Sonata No. 6, Op. 57
* Sonata No. 7, Op. 61
* Sonata No. 8, Op. 64
* Sonata No. 9, Op. 76 (1985, rev. 2014)
* Sonata No. 10, Op. 114 (2000, rev. 2014)
* 24 Preludes for piano, Op. 33 (1968)
* 24 Bagatelles for piano, Op. 50
* 24 prelüüdi eesti rahvaviisidele [24 Estonian Preludes] for piano, Op. 60 (1977)
* 24 Marginalia for piano, Op. 65 (1982)
* 24 Estonian Preludes for piano, Op. 80
* 24 Estonian Preludes for piano, Op. 83
* 4 for piano, Op. 125
* Prelüüd for piano, Op. 128 (2014)

#### Two pianos

* 24 marginalia, for 2 pianos, Op. 68
* Sonata for 2 pianos, Op. 82 (1990)

### Chamber music

* Meditation on a theme by Mozart for solo violin, Op. 94
* Pala kadentsiga (Piece with a Cadenza) for viola and piano (1981)
* Work for recorder in F major, Op. 103

#### With guitar

* Allegro for violin and guitar, Op. 93
* Music without title, for flute and guitar, Op. 107
* Trio for guitar, piano and percussion, Op. 121

#### Trios and quartets

* Trio No. 2, Op. 17
* Trio No. 4, Op. 56
* Trio No. 6, Op. 81
* Trio No. 7, Op. 125
* Kaleidoskopische, Études for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 97
* 6 String Quartets (1955-1983)
* 3 Piano Quintets (1957-1970)
* Quintet No. 3, Op. 38 (1970)
* Variations on a theme by Hanns Eisler for recorder, violin, cello, piano and harpsichord, Op. 62 (1978)
* Sextet for piano and winds, Op. 46 (1972)
* Sextet for 2 pianos and string quartet, Op. 84 (1990)
* Sextet for strings, Op. 98 (1997)
* Nonet, Op. 29 (1967)

### Orchestra

* Symphony No. 1, Op. 3 (1957)
* Symphony No. 2, Op. 8 (1958, rev. 1987 as Op. 79)
* Symphony No. 3, Op. 10 (1959)
* Symphony No. 4, Op. 13: Cosmique (1959)
* Symphony No. 5, Op. 28 (1966)
* Symphony No. 6, Op. 31 (1967)
* Symphony No. 7, Op. 47 (1972)
* Symphony No. 8, Op. 74 (1985)
* Ode for the first cosmonaut, symphonic poem Op. 14 (1961)
* Concerto for chamber orchestra No. 1, Op. 16 (1961)
* Concerto for chamber orchestra No. 2, Op. 78 (1987)
* Viis eskiisi reekviemile [5 sketches for a Requiem], Op. 100 (1996–97)
* Intrada for chamber orchestra, Op. 102 (1997) dedicated to the conductor Tõnu Kaljuste.

### Ballet

* Virumaa: Suite for string orchestra and piano, Op. 115 (2000)

### Concertos

* Concerto for violin No. 1 and chamber orchestra with piano, Op. 21 (1963)
* Concerto for violin No. 2 and chamber orchestra with harpsichord, Op. 63 (1979)
* Concerto for violin No. 3 and chamber orchestra, Op. 96 (1995) dedicated to the German violinist Florian Meierott; Violin and organ version, Op. 96b
* Concerto for piano No. 1, Op. 34 (1968)
* Concerto for piano No. 2, Op. 70 (1983)
* Concerto for piano No. 3, Op. 83 (1990)
* Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra, Op. 77 (1986)
* Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra, Op. 9 (1958)
* Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra, Op. 41 (1971)
* Concerto for cello No. 1, Op. 27 (1966)
* Concerto for cello No. 2, Op. 43 (1971)
* Concerto for cello No. 3, Op. 99 (1997)
* Concerto for guitar, string orchestra and prepared piano, Op. 88 (1992)
* Concerto for flute, guitar and orchestra, Op. 117 (2000)
* Concerto for 5, 3 trumpets, guitar, percussion and string orchestra with piano, Op. 120 (2002)
* Concerto for trumpet, piano and string orchestra, Op. 92 (1993)
* Concerto for violin and guitar (1998)
* Concerto for 2 guitars (1999)

### Vocal music

* Spring, oratorio on a Maïakovski text for children's choir and orchestra, Op. 15 (1961)
* Karl Marx, for speaking voice, choir and orchestra, Op. 18 (1962–64)
* School Cantata, for children's choir and orchestra, Op. 32 (1968)

## Filmography

* Dangerous Games (1974)
* A Time to Live and a Time to Love (1976)
* Väike reekviem suupillile (1972)
* Tuulevaikus (1971)
* Gladiaator (1969)
* Viini postmark (1967)
* Tütarlaps mustas (1966)
* Null kolm (1965)
* Supernoova (1965)
* Roosa kübar (1963)