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Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer") is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872 and 1887 based on local legends. It is set during the Livonian Crusades telling the story of the mythical hero Lāčplēsis "the Bear Slayer". Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic.
Andrejs Pumpurs (22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1841 on the left bank of the Daugava, in Lieljumprava civil parish, now Birzgale Parish – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1902 in Riga) was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis (The Bear Slayer, first published in 1888) and a prominent figure in the Young Latvia movement.
The rock opera Lāčplēsis is a Latvian musical based on the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis. The libretto was written in 1986/87 by Māra Zālīte , with music composed by Zigmārs Liepiņš . It premiered in Riga on 23 August 1988.
Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 3rd class (35 P) Pages in category "Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The list consists of 55 recipients of Baltic German extraction, of whom 52 were Latvian citizens at the time they were awarded the Order of Lāčplēsis. The Order was named after the Latvian epic hero, Lāčplēsis. As a young man, Lāčplēsis kills a bear with his bare hands and thus the order is also known as the Order of the Bearslayer
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Lāčplēsis (Lacplesis, 1957) Poema Luttuoso for string orchestra (1966) Novella Brevis (1982) Charles Ives. Central Park in the Dark (1906, rev 1936)
Pages in category "Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .