Lietuvių kompozitoriai aukštosiose Vokietijos muzikos mokyklose

LTIki 1933 m., kai buvo įkurta Kauno valstybinė konservatorija, Lietuvos kompozitoriai ir atlikėjai, siekiantys aukštojo muzikinio išsilavinimo, turėjo vykti svetur. Tad šio darbo dėmesio centre XX a. pirmieji trys dešimtmečiai, nes būtent tuo metu formavosi tautinė kūrybos mokykla, buvo palaikomi intensyvūs kontaktai su užsienio muzikos mokslo įstaigomis. Studijų pasirinkimui daug įtakos turėjo istorinė bei politinė situacija. Naudojamas metodas - aprašomasis. Raktažodžiai: Vokietija, Regensburgas, Leipcigas, Berlynas, Aukštoji muzikos mokykla, Kompozicijos mokytojas, Kompozitorius.

ENThe Leipzig Conservatory is credited with an important place in Lithuanian music history. The first Lithuanian composer to study at this school was Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1901-02), later to become a classic of our music. At this institution he was followed by quite a few Lithuanian composers and performers. Out of this number Juozas Gruodis (1920-1924), Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis (1922-28), Balys Dvarionas (1920-24, graduated conducting in 1939 as an external student), Jadvyga Čiurlionytė (1920-23), Jonas Bendorius (1920-24), and Juozas Pakalnis (1938-39) deserve special mentioning. The impact of this institution on Lithuanian composers was manifold, depending on mentors and their orientation in particular as well as in general. Berlin, though less remote from Lithuania geographically, was considerably less attended by Lithuanian students. Perhaps submissions for foreigners at the university level were more complicated and even limited here. Balys Dvarionas (1924-26) and Jadvyga Čiurlionytė (1923-25) continued their post-graduate studies in Berlin. Vladas Jakubėnas attended post-graduate courses (1928-32) under Franz Schreker at the same academy. His works were highly commended in German press and his graduation work - the Symphony - was performed by the Berlin Radio Orchestra under the baton of Franz Schreker himself. When leaving for Germany, many of Lithuanian composers already had an accomplished vision of Lithuanian national music. Yet, studies in Germany enriched them with a good deal of new creative impulses. Apart from the things mentioned above, in most cases they enjoyed access to the modern music that aroused their eager to enhance Lithuanian music with the new means of musical expression.