LTŠiame straipsnyje bandoma nustatyti žinių apie M. K. Čiurlionio asmenybę ir kūrybą sklaidą Lietuvos jaunimo, moksleivių auditorijoje. Sociokultūrinis aspektas leis pateikti Vilniaus ir periferijos jaunimo formuluojamus M. K. Čiurlionio asmenybės ir kūrybos vertinimus. [...] Formaliai M. K. Čiurlionio asmenybė jaunimui girdėta tik iš mokyklinių vadovėlių. Tokiai medžiagai sentimentų jie neturi. Reprezentatyvi apklaustųjų studentų grupė nežinojo, kodėl M. K. Čiurlionis taip ypatingai vertintinas. Nepažįsta nei jo asmenybės , nei kūrybos. Dažnas nežino, kur yra M. K. Čiurlionio dailės originalai. Nežinomi ir kiti su M. K. Čiurlionio vardu siejami objektai. Nei kilę iš kaimo, nei miesto studentai, nežinodami Lietuvos kultūros istorijos, nesugeba vertinti M. K.Čiurlionio asmenybės ir jos vietos savos bei pasaulio kultūros kontekste [p. 81].
ENThe author of the paper is trying to find out what kind of knowledge about Čiurlionis personality and his works of art is disposed by the youth in Vilnius and in the periphery of Lithuania, as well as what is their attitude to the individuality of M. K. Čiurlionis, and how are the works of the composer and painter rated. The research included the 1st year students of Vilnius Pedagogical University, the teachers from the periphery, studying at the University's correspondence course and the school children of various Vilnius' music schools. 1. Three actualities have been highlighted by formulating the tasks and the objectives of the research: can we talk about the availability of the philosophical thinking of M. K. Čiurlionis to the Lithuanian people? Are his works, expressing spirit of the humanism, influencing among the young generation? 2. A common level of art education in the society should be recognised by the ability of the young people to understand the essence of M. K. Čiurlionis art works. Is the idea of Valerian Tschudowsky, expressed at the beginning of the 20th century: “Now, after he has died, the voices of the praise are heard... but most often one and the same evaluation can be heard: he isn’t unheard or blamed, he only just cannot be understood” after passing a century still valid? 3. Are the national ideas, cherished by M. K. Čiurlionis, still influencing nowadays in the young auditory? There were three tasks important. Among them: 1. Finding out the main sources of cultural information, which are influencing the intellect and the emotions of the respondents; 2. Finding out what do the respondents know about M. K. Čiurlionis; 3. Research, whether the ideas and the works of M. K. Čiurlionis still are influencing. The diagnostical and the methods of the qualitative research have been used.It can be stated, that the information about the personality of M. K. Čiurlionis was obtained by the young people mainly at school. The sources were mostly short descriptions, given in the textbooks. Only some of young people have seen the originals of M. K. Čiurlionis paintings or have listened to his music. That is the reason, why they don't have any sentiments neither to the personality nor to the art works of M. K. Čiurlionis. The school children of the music schools are more acquainted to the works of the composer; they either perform one or another piece by the piano or sing the songs at the choir. A representative group of the questioned students were not able to answer, why M. K. Čiurlionis is so appreciable. They don't know neither his personality, nor his works. Many of them even do not know where the originals of M. K. Čiurlionis' paintings are. Also unknown to them are the other objects, related with the name of M. K. Čiurlionis. People, coming from the villages, the peripheries and people from the cities as well, are unable to evaluate the personality of M. K. Čiurlionis, do not understand his place in the context of the national and world culture, if they are not acquainted to Lithuanian cultural history. The respondents of the various social groups are mostly interested in the information, presented in the popular daily newspapers. The cultural press in the regions is unavailable to them, reading is not very popular.