Juozas Tallat-Kelpša
Illustration — Juozas Tallat-Kelpša, Lithuanian composer, conductor, musician Juozas Tallat-Kelpša (1889–1949) was a Lithuanian choral director and composer.
Juozas Tallat-Kelpša

Adomas Kliučinskis, uploaded by Rimantas Lazdynas · Lietuvos albumas. Janina Markevičaitė, Liudas Gira, Adomas Kliučinskis – Kaunas / Otto Elsner, Berlin, 1921 m. · Public domain
- Born
- Juozas Tallat-Kelpša was born on 1 January 1889. · Kalnujai.
- Died
- Juozas Tallat-Kelpša died on 5 February 1949. · Vilnius.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Lithuania · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · music educator · music teacher
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Honours
- Stalin Prize
- Languages
- Lithuanian
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpša is recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as conductor, composer, music educator and music teacher.
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpša was born in Kalnujai, Lithuania, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Juozas Tallat-Kelpša died in Vilnius, Lithuania, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Juozas Tallat-Kelpša (1889 m. sausio 1 d. Kalnujuose, Raseinių valsčius – 1949 m. vasario 5 d. Vilniuje) – Lietuvos profesionalaus operos teatro organizatorius, operos dirigentas, kompozitorius, pedagogas, muzikas visuomenininkas.
http: Kauno miesto muziejus

Juozas Tallat-Kelpša in Brussels selecting bells for the Kaunas Carillon in 1935.
Kauno miesto muziejus via Europeana.eu
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1949
Juozas Tallat-Kelpša died on 5 February 1949.
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpša was born at Kalnujai.
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpša died at Vilnius.
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Kalnujai.
Birth place
Vilnius.
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Recordings
• "Mano sieloj šiandien šventė" (Today is a holiday for my soul) Skalvas' aria (soprano) from the opera Vilmantė 1941
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpša (1889 – 1949) was a composer, conductor and music teacher. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Vilnius as a place of activity.
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(MusicBrainz artist record for Juozas Tallat-Kelpša) • Birthplace: Juozas Tallat-Kelpša was born in Kalnujai.
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