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- Title
Liaudies daina kaip tautinės tapatybės ugdymo prioritetas: Juozo Žilevičiaus įžvalgos ir darbai JAV.
- Authors
PETRAUSKAITĖ, Danutė
- Abstract
Juozas Žilevičius (1891-1985) was an organist, chorus master, composer, musicologist, teacher, and community activist who contributed immensely to Lithuanian musical culture. In 1929 he emigrated to the United States and was remembered less and less prior to becoming entirely forgotten during the Soviet occupation. Even now few people are cognizant of Žilevičius's achievements since there are no capital works at all analyzing and summarizing his truly multifaceted activities. As the author of the first Lithuanian symphony and of instrumental chamber works, he laid the foundations for what became the concert life of independent Lithuania as well as for the tradition of organizing mass song festivals. He also published periodicals reviewing Lithuanian music; stimulated the development of ethnomusicology; and prepared courses in music education for general education schools. Having amassed solid work experience in various fields of culture and education, he endeavored to apply this experience to practical work in the emigration. His most important task was to foster national ethnic identity. The aim of this paper is to analyze Žilevičius's views and his accomplishments in the United States as he associated training in music with preserving Lithuanian identity.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; UNITED States; ETHNICITY; MUSIC education; GENERAL education; WORK experience (Employment); COMMUNITY activists; JAZZ festivals; SONG festivals; ETHNOMUSICOLOGY; CONCERTS
- Publication
Oikos: Lithuanian Migration & Diaspora Studies, 2023, Vol 35, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1822-5152
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7220/2351-6561.35.4