Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis Explained

Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis (3 May 1886 – 25 December 1963 in Brooklyn) was a Lithuanian composer.^{[1] [2]}

Selected works

• Jūratė ir Kastytis (Jūratė and Kastytis), opera (1955)
• Sonata in D minor^[3]
• Idylls of Lithuania^{[3] [4]}
• Rapsodica in B minor, sonata^[3]

Recordings

• Sonata rapsodica (34' min.) David Geringas (cello), Petras Geniušas (piano) 2015

Notes and References

1. Baltic Musics/Baltic Musicologies: The Landscape Since 1991 Kevin C Karnes, Joachim Braun 2013 p.112 "... Julius Gaidelis (1909—1983), Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis (1896—1963) and Vladas Jakubenas (1904—1976), who collectively represented an early and subsequently exiled modernism in twentieth-century Lithuanian music."
2. Levon Hakobian Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 p.167 · 2016 "... Kalniņš (1904–2000) and Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008), the Lithuanians Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis (1896–1963), Vladas Jakubėnas (1903–1976) and Jeronimas Kačinskas (1907–2005), to name but a few, found themselves in emigration."
3. News: Music This Week . The Boston Globe . January 21, 1968 . Boston, MA . 80 . May 14, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
4. News: Concert Fete for Kuchunas . Suburbanite Economist . December 1, 1954 . Chicago, IL . 19 . May 14, 2023 . Newspapers.com.