Česlovas Sasnauskas (19 July 1867, in Kapčiamiestis – 18 January 1916, in

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) was a Lithuanian

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. Sasnauskas worked as an

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and also played in Saint Petersburg upon relocating there in 1891. Besides two

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s and several

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s, he composed many pieces for organ and published his arrangements of Lithuanian folksongs, as well as a collection of his own songs in the folk idiom.

References

Biography extracted and translated from Antanas Pupienis ''Po Dz ukijos dangumi: Lazdiju krastas ir zmones'' (1994)
1867 births 1916 deaths Lithuanian classical composers Lithuanian organists Male organists Lithuanian male classical composers Romantic composers 20th-century male composers 19th-century male musicians Burials at Petrašiūnai Cemetery {{organist-stub