Mikas Petrauskas
Mikas Petrauskas (1873–1937) was a Lithuanian composer and choirmaster best known as the author of the first Lithuanian opera Birutė (1906). He was an elder brother of the singer Kipras Petrauskas. Petrauskas learned to play church organ from his father and began working as an organist at the age of 15. He worked in Labanoras, Obeliai, and Hierviaty before enrolling at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1901. As a student, he wrote and staged the first Lithuanian operettas. In 1905, he moved to Vilnius where he became leader of the choir of Kanklės of Vilnius Society and staged his opera Birutė in 1906. Trouble with the Tsarist police forced him to leave the Russian Empire first for Switzerland and then for the United States. There he organized various concerts and theater performances, opened a music school, and established and led choirs and other performing groups among Lithuanian Americans. He organized and led Birutė choir in Chicago and Gabija choir in Boston. Both choirs continued to perform until 1950s. His music school operated from 1910 to 1924 and had up to 130 students per year. By his own estimate, during the first 17 years in the United States, he taught music and singing to some 4,000 people. He returned to Lithuania in 1930 and died in 1937. Petrauskas works include two operas, 19 operettas, and about 200 songs. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 76 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-20938 | 10-in. | 11/1/1917 | Tykiai nemunēlis teka | Petronele Jurgeliute | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger, composer | |
Victor | B-21519 | 10-in. | 2/14/1918 | Ko liudit, sveteliai | Jonas Butēnas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21554 | 10-in. | 2/28/1918 | Skyniau skynimēli | Jonas Butēnas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21555 | 10-in. | 2/28/1918 | Šiu nackcialy | Jonas Butēnas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21847 | 10-in. | 5/9/1918 | Val aš Pakirščiau | Jonas Butēnas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23535 | 10-in. | 12/17/1919 | Prirodino seni zones | Anthony Sodeika | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23536 | 10-in. | 12/17/1919 | Mazas mano yra stonas | Anthony Sodeika | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24335 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Kukuliai | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24336 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Valio dalgele! | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24337 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Geismai ir svajones | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24338 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Kaip gi gražus ruteliu darželis | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24339 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Gersim broliai uliavosim | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24340 | 10-in. | 7/20/1920 | Skamba kankliai trimitai | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | C-24346 | 12-in. | 7/22/1920 | Pasakyk, lietuva mylimoji | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24347 | 10-in. | 7/22/1920 | Bernužēli nes'voliok | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | C-24348 | 12-in. | 7/22/1920 | Rudens melodica | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24349 | 10-in. | 7/22/1920 | Matušēle miela | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | B-24350 | 10-in. | 7/23/1920 | Daug kraujo pralieta | Anthony Sodeika | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24351 | 10-in. | 7/23/1920 | Kur josi? | Anthony Sodeika | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27322 | 10-in. | 12/18/1922 | Kalvis | Jonas Butēnas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33074 | 10-in. | 7/13/1925 | Kaitink šviesi saulute | Justas Kudirka | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-35049 | 10-in. | 3/11/1926 | Geismai ir svajones | Jonas Ramanauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-38053 | 10-in. | 5/26/1927 | Augin tevlis du sunyteliu | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-38054 | 10-in. | 5/26/1927 | Barboryte | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-38055 | 10-in. | 5/26/1927 | Susivartyk antete | Mikas Petrauskas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Petrauskas, Mikas," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109981.
Petrauskas, Mikas. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109981.
"Petrauskas, Mikas." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Petrauskas, Mikas, 1873-1937 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94032740
Wikidata: Mikas Petrauskas - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2336680
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19258565
ISNI: 0000 0000 5083 4119 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000050834119
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