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During the Soviet era, his 90th birth anniversary in 1963 was commemorated with a postage stamp. Jūratė Burokaitė complied and published a book with his articles, letters, and recollections by his contemporaries in 1976. In 1977, a memorial museum dedicated to Mikas and Kipras
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Petrauskas' activities in the United States can be categorized into three groups: leading choirs and organizing
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The first operetta was a translation of a one-act operetta by the Polish composer
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711:. When he returned in 1924, he hoped to stay but was struck by lightning, could not get a permanent job, and was forced to return to the United States. He visited Lithuania again in 1925 and 1926. He attempted to organize a music school and a theater group with which he staged opera
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Chicago, he organized Menas Society and a 100-member Birutė choir which held its first performance in November 1907. Birutė organized various performances renting theaters in the city and sometimes hiring other orchestras. For example, opera
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Tsarist police due to his support of the revolution (he composed revolutionary songs); his brother Kipras was arrested and spent about half a year in prison. To escape the police, Petrauskas left for
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rhythm and catchy melody that are influenced by other popular revolutionary songs (examples: "Darbininkų giesmė", "Pirmyn", ""Sutelkime kovą", "Draugai, į kovą"). Petrauskas also harmonized popular revolutionary songs
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which makes fun of a rich landlord and his supposed illnesses. The operetta has nine musical numbers which are generally cheerful and rather simple. It became popular due to its subtle humor, educational
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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
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connected by spoken dialogues. Such structure reflected realities of the amateur
Lithuanian theater in 1906. The music could not be long or complex. Additionally, Petrauskas, while a graduate of the
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that he published in the United States from 1917 to 1921, but most works remain unpublished. Overall, his music style was not inventive, but had a great influence on the development of the
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Lithuanian folk music. In 1916, he also published
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Petrauskas also organized various concerts for
Lithuanian American communities. He was a tenor and his repertoire included operatic arias by western and Russian composers, various
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After Lithuania regained its independence, two schools were named after Petrauskas – Kaunas Mikas Petrauskas School of Performing Arts in 1998 (125th birth anniversary) and
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599:(Lithuanian songs). Between 1913 and 1927, he recorded about 50 discs with Lithuanian folk songs. To improve his singing, he studied
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Petrauskas learned to play the organ from his father and already at the age of 15 started playing the organ at the church of
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that promoted freedom and love for the homeland, and encouraged rising up against the oppressors. Such songs often feature
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communities. Petrauskas decided to stay in the United States and lived there with interruptions until 1930.
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became the first Lithuanian-language opera. The plot is based on the medieval legend about the love between
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as well as Lithuanian songs. Petrauskas was accompanied by pianists sisters Elena and Jadvyga Neimanytės.
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from his father and began working as an organist at the age of 15. He worked in
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in 1910, but finished it only in 1923. It premiered on 30 May 1924 at the
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Petrauskas married Stasė Kuraitytė in 1906. She was sister of
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Mikas Petrauskas: straipsniai, laiškai, amžininkų atsiminimai
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Virginavičienė (Trepuilaitė), Ona (2017). "Petrauskų šeima".
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and chose to specialize in singing. Among his teachers were
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in Italy and performed at Italian theaters in 1911–1912.
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Petrauskas also expanded some songs by using imitations,
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as simplicity of his works made them widely accessible.
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Memorial museum of Mikas and Kipras Petrauskas in Kaunas
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in 1961. It was recorded for the radio and TV by the
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2006 postal stamp for the 100th anniversary of opera
2104:"Kompozitoriaus M. Petrausko jubiliejus – pamirštas"
1986:"Muziejaus trečiadienis. Kaip namai virto muziejumi"
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at the end of 1906. There he led a choir and staged
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2134:(in Lithuanian). Music Information Centre Lithuania
2014:"Mikas Petrauskas – The Father of Lithuanian Opera"
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612:(From the Field of Music) was first published in
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385:written by Petrauskas based on the melodrama by
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413:Petrauskas with women from Gabija choir in 1916
1932:(in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Candela. p. 54.
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669:as a cover for his political campaign for the
152:(1906). He was an elder brother of the singer
1469:"Lietuviškos spaudos kelias Ignalinos krašte"
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1577:(in Lithuanian). Vaga. pp. 312–313.
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1654:""Pakelkime taurę" už Lietuvos operą!"
1598:Mackevičienė, Ona (23 November 2015).
1037:Operettas written by Petrauskas were:
858:Ignalina Mikas Petrauskas Music School
727:where he was cared by poet and cousin
1339:Petrauskas, Mikas (18 January 1925).
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2195:Nomicaitė, Rita (17 November 2006).
1984:Kondrotaitė, Deimantė (3 May 2022).
1857:Vyliūtė, Jūratė (9 November 2022) .
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707:and staged a couple of operettas in
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1816:Korris, Taddes (November 2016).
1791:Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
1762:Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
1678:Lukšas, Aras (4 December 2009).
1627:Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
944:is a two-act opera similar to a
387:Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis
1953:Sodeika, Antanas (April 1971).
1446:"Kipras Petrauskas (1885-1968)"
1728:(1): 68–69, 71–72, 74–75, 78.
1573:Zubrickas, Boleslovas (2004).
310:In 1898–1899, he attended the
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1886:Petrauskaitė, Danutė (2004).
1713:Petrauskaitė, Danutė (2000).
1652:Žilevičius, J. (April 1971).
1151:were created by his friends,
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860:in 2013 (140th anniversary).
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184:Saint Petersburg Conservatory
111:Composer, choirmaster, singer
102:Saint Petersburg Conservatory
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2106:(in Lithuanian). Kauno diena
1467:Ramanauskienė, Rita (2006).
843:Kaunas State Musical Theatre
2081:"Marija Kuraitytė-Varnienė"
1209:. Petrauskas based it on a
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353:Kaminkrėtys ir malūnininkas
265:. His mother could sing as
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1680:"Atlaikęs išbandymą šlove"
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988:Aleksandras Fromas-Gužutis
984:Eglė the Queen of Serpents
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376:Kanklės of Vilnius Society
368:Russian Revolution of 1905
196:Kanklės of Vilnius Society
2290:Burials at Rasos Cemetery
1734:10.1080/01629779900000201
1722:Journal of Baltic Studies
1421:Lietuvos muzikos istorija
1283:Karolis Račkauskas-Vairas
1268:Jonas Krikščiūnas-Jovaras
1139:Lietuviškas milijonierius
1103:Elgetos duktė – karalienė
790:Marija Kuraitytė-Varnienė
275:Lithuanian book smugglers
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234:Early life and education
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2176:(in Lithuanian). Vaga.
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1955:"Ovacijos ilgai netilo"
1923:Yčas, Martynas (2009).
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661:, as well as Tilsit in
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969:Eglė žalčių karalienė
938:Lithuanian Chronicles
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1085:Apvesdinkite ir mane
1067:Consilium facultatis
958:Vytautas Landsbergis
794:Montessori education
571:Marijona Rakauskaitė
393:In the United States
261:and could sing as a
218:and Gabija choir in
212:Lithuanian Americans
35:Petrauskas in Boston
2021:Lithuanian Heritage
1121:Vaikas ar mergaitė?
683:Stanisław Moniuszko
679:Ruggero Leoncavallo
633:Return to Lithuania
510:Lucia di Lammermoor
457:Lithuanian American
442:Charles-Marie Widor
257:. His father was a
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2054:"Petrauskas Mikas"
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