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Stasys Šimkus
1887-1943 US
Composer / Conductor of Classical
Stasys Šimkus (23 January 1887, Motiškiai, now in Jurbarkas district municipality – 15 October 1943, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian composer.Šimkus studied in Vilnius and Warsaw and later became the pupil of Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov, Jāzeps Vītols, and Maximilian Steinberg. After visiting the United States, he went to Leipzig for further studies with Paul Graener and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. A national Romantic, Šimkus helped resurrect the Lithuanian cultural organization Daina in 1916. In 1923, he opened a private music school in Klaipėda, which was soon converted into the national Lithuanian conservatory (now called the Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Conservatoire). He was a professor of composition at the Conservatoire from 1931 to 1937 and also conducted the State Opera at Kaunas.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorai | Stasys Šimkus - Kauno Valstybinis Choras | 1988 | Album |
| Harmonizuotos Lietuvių Liaudies Dainos | Stasys Šimkus, Kauno Valstybinis Choras | 1988 | Album |
| Vai, Pūtė Pūtė. Lietuvių Liaudies Dainos Balsui Ir Fortepijonui | Stasys Šimkus | 1986 | Album |
| Mergužėle Brangi | Vaclovas Daunoras - Stasys Šimkus | 1969 | Single |
| Jūros Putų Daina / Simfoninės Variacijos / Svajonė / Adagio / Variacijos / Plaukia Sau Laivelis | Juozas Gruodis / Juozas Naujalis / Stasys Šimkus | 1966 | Compil. |
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