Elena Laumenskienė Explained

Elena Stanekaite Laumenskienė (16 July 1880 – 24 March 1960)[1] [2] was a Lithuanian composer, music educator, and pianist who published some music under the name Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene.[3] Also Stanek, Moráuskienė, by marriages.[4]

Laumyanskene was born in Radviliškis. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1907, where her teachers included Alexander Ilyinsky, Konstantin Igumnov,[5] and Alexander Scriabin.[6] She married Laumenskis.[7]

Laumenskienė taught piano in Vilnius and Moscow. She founded the Lithuanian National Conservatory[8] in Kaunas 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

Piano

Vocal

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Greene, Frank. Composers on Record: An Index to Biographical Information on 14,000 Composers Whose Music Has Been Recorded. 1985. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1816-3. en.
  3. Book: Hixon, Donald L.. Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. 1993. Scarecrow Press. Don A. Hennessee. 0-8108-2769-7. 2nd. Metuchen, N.J.. 28889156.
  4. Danguolė Medišauskienė, Elena Laumenskienė, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
  5. Web site: RILM Music Encyclopedias. 2021-12-24. rme.rilm.org. en-US.
  6. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. 1987. Books & Music (USA). 978-0-9617485-1-7. en.
  7. Web site: KŪRĖJAS IR ŽMOGUS. live. 2021-12-24. www.prodeoetpatria.lt. https://web.archive.org/web/20140621020906/http://www.prodeoetpatria.lt:80/files/html/Yla-ciurlionis-kurejasi-ir-zmogus.htm . 2014-06-21 .
  8. Book: Dolzhanskiĭ, Aleksandr Naumovich. Советские композиторы: краткий биографический справочник. 1957. Советский композитор. 546. ru.
  9. Web site: Russian Piano Music Vol. 4 R - U - PDF Free Download. 2021-12-24. qdoc.tips. en.