SINK, Marje

Marje Sink (born Marie Gildemann) was an Estonian composer. She attended Artur Kapp's composition class at the Tallinn Conservatory, graduating in 1938 with an oratorio and a piano sonata as her diploma work. In 1944, she became a member of the Estonian Composers' Union, from which she was expelled four years later after refusing to compose eulogies to Stalin. Most of her compositions were written for the church choirs she directed. In addition, she composed hundreds of songs as well as duets, several cantatas, an Estonian Rhapsody for piano, and other piano works.