Petra Biržỹs

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: accordion, vocalist, composer, lyricist

Notes: His real name is Biržỹs Petras (LIthuanian surname customarily precedes given name) and he used many stage names, among them, Pùpų (Pupau) Dėde, Akiras, Akiras Biržys, and P. Birzis.

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone BD9222 10-in. 11/3/1930 Senbernių polka Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion, violin and clarinet vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion, composer, lyricist  
Gramophone BD9223 10-in. 11/3/1930 Polka "Nadzia" Akiras Biržys Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Gramophone BD9224 10-in. 11/3/1930 Senelio polka Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion instrumentalist, accordion, composer, vocalist, lyricist  
Gramophone BD9225 10-in. 11/3/1930 Polka "Varpelis" Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9226 10-in. 11/3/1930 Noriu meigo ir klumpakojis Akiras Biržys Accordion solo, with violin and clarinet instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9227 10-in. 11/3/1930 Polka "Grižk namo" Akiras Biržys Mae vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9228 10-in. 11/3/1930 Valsas Akiras Biržys Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9229 10-in. 11/3/1930 Pajauniuuzika Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion, composer, lyricist  
Gramophone BD9231 10-in. 11/3/1930 Polka "Ramtatulis" Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion, composer, lyricist  
Gramophone BD9232 10-in. 11/3/1930 Valsas juozui bachunui Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9233 10-in. 11/3/1930 Vyžuoniškiu polka Akiras Biržys Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Gramophone BD9234 10-in. 11/3/1930 Pamergių Akiras Biržys Male vocal solo, with accordion vocalist, instrumentalist, accordion  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Biržỹs, Petra," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/368619.

Biržỹs, Petra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/368619.

"Biržỹs, Petra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/368619

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