August Wiera

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August Daniel Wiera (28 March 1853 Jaama manor, near Tartu – 26 March 1919 Tartu) was an Estonian theatre and music person. Under his guidance, the Vanemuine Cultural Society's theatre collective became semi-professional.{{cite web |title=Wiera, August - Eesti Entsüklopeedia |url=http://etbl.teatriliit.ee/artikkel/wiera_august1 |website=etbl.teatriliit.ee |access-date=20 June 2021}}{{Cite book |last=Rähesoo |first=Jaak |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dMJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22August+Wiera%22 |title=Estonian Theatre |date=2003 |publisher=Estonian Theatre Union |isbn=978-9985-860-28-1 |language=en}}

With Wiera's help, the Estonian theater became semi-professional and the group's membership grew to one hundred.{{Cite book |last=Salupere |first=Malle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swkhAQAAMAAJ&q=%22August+Wiera%22 |title=Millenary Tartu: The City of Youth and Good Ideas |date=2006 |publisher=Tartu University Press |isbn=978-9949-11-427-6 |language=en}}

In 1878 he become the head of Vanemuine Cultural Society. Until 1903 he worked at Vanemuine Cultural Society. Until 1913 he worked mostly at Bürgermusse.{{Cite book |last=Laur |first=Mati |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPMgAQAAMAAJ&q=%22August+Wiera%22 |title=History of Estonia |date=2000 |publisher=Avita |isbn=978-9985-2-0324-8 |language=en}}

He was the first in Estonia to introduce the new genre of music theatre.{{Cite book |last=Arjakas |first=Küllo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZocAAAAIAAJ&q=%22August+Wiera%22 |title=Estonia: Once Again a Country on the Map of the World |date=1992 |publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers |isbn=978-5-89900-021-8 |language=en}}