Elena Laumenskienė (16 July 1880 – 24 March 1960)
was a Lithuanian composer, music educator, and pianist who published some music under the name Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene.
Laumyanskene was born in
Radviliškis. She graduated from the
Moscow Conservatory in 1907, where her teachers included
Alexander Ilyinsky
Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ильи́нский; 23 February 1920) was a Russian music teacher and composer, best known for the ''Lullaby (Berceuse)'', Op. 13, No. 7, from his orch ...
,
Konstantin Igumnov,
and
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...
.
She married Laumenskis.
Laumenskienė taught piano in Vilnius and Moscow. She founded the Lithuanian National Conservatory in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
in 1930, managing it for the next decade. In 1940, she began teaching at the
Vilnius Conservatory. During this time, she presented piano recitals in Kaunas, Moscow, and Vilnius. Her compositions were recorded commercially by Melodija (MELOD D 009587/8).
She died in Vilnius.
Works
Laumenskienė's compositions included:
Chamber
*''Mazurka'' (violin and piano)
*''Memories'' (violin and piano)
*''Romance'' (violin and piano)
*''Tarantella'' (violin and piano)
Piano
*more than 200 works (preludes, miniatures, children’s pieces)
Vocal
*approximately 100 songs in Lithuanian
*“Evening”
*“I was Sad in the Night”
*“It is Good for Your Heart”
References
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Lithuanian composers
Women composers
Music educators
Composers for piano
Lithuanian pianists
1880 births
1960 deaths
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Composers for violin