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Vladas Jakubėnas
Vladas Jonas Jakubėnas (Biržai, May 15, 1904 – Chicago, December 13, 1976) was a Lithuanian composer, pianist, musicologist and journalist.''Universitatis Jagellonica Cracoviensis acta scientiarum'' Page 371 Uniwersytet Jagielloński - 1982 "The discussions, however, were usually going on in closed circles, and nothing but rumours reached the outside world. A characteristic statement on the problem was made by the musicologist and journalist Vladas Jakubenas, a supporter of the sterner" policy; namely, on 19 November he raised the objection that the prevailing number of our high-ranking and respected personalities would.." Works, editions and recordings * Chamber Music: Kasparas Uinskas, Rusne Mataityte, Edmundas Kulikauskas, Albina Siksniute, Vilnius String Quartet, St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus Toccata Classics Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biržai
Biržai (, known also by several #Names, alternative names) is a town in northern Lithuania. Biržai is famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle Manor house, manor, and the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries. Names The name of the town is of Lithuanian language, Lithuanian origin and is spelled in different forms in other languages: Birsen (German (language), German), Birże (Polish language, Polish), Birzhai (Биржай, Russian (language), Russian - pre-1917 Биржи), and בירז/Birz or Birzh (Yiddish (language), Yiddish) and simplified to Birzai in English. History The town's first written mention dates to 1455. The construction of Biržai Castle began in 1586, and the town was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1589. In 1575, as preparation for the castle's construction, a dam was built on the Agluona River, Agluona and Apaščia Rivers at their confluence, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. It is the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toccata Classics
Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist. The label was founded primarily to promote unrecorded works by lesser-known composers, including British composers. By 2022 there were around 600 albums in the catalogue. The sponsors of the label were the late Josef Suk, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jon Lord. Artists Recordings include lesser known works by: * Alkan * Eyvind Alnæs * Algernon Ashton * Vytautas Bacevicius * J. S. Bach/(arr. Sigfrid Karg-Elert) * Mily Balakirev * Beethoven/(arr. Karl Xaver Kleinheinz & Friedrich Hermann) * Georg von Bertouch * David Braid * Havergal Brian * Julius Bürger * Adolf Busch * Bellerofonte Castaldi * Henry Walford Davies * Edison Denisov * Heino Eller * Enescu * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst * Ferenc Farkas * Arthur Farwell * Jean Françaix * Herman Galynin * John Gardner * Friedrich Gernsheim * Peggy Glanvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Births
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1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Composers
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Lithuanian Musicologists
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Lithuanian Classical Pianists
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Lithuanian Journalists
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Biržai
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