Lithuanian composer (1887-1943)
Stasys Šimkus (January 23, 1887, Motiškiai, now in Jurbarkas district municipality – October 15, 1943, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian composer. Šimkus studied in Vilnius and Warsaw and later became the pupil of Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov, Jāzeps Vītols, and Maximilian Steinberg. After visiting the United States, he went to Leipzig for further studies with Paul Graener and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. A national Romantic, Šimkus helped resurrect the Lithuanian cultural organization Daina in 1916. <a href="
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