[2] The society was legalized and officially registered on 19 April 1905 after the Tsarist authorities liberalized their policies due to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
[3] The society had its own choir (50–75 singers), string quartet, amateur theater troupe and organized various musical evenings, concerts, performances that were frequently accompanied by lectures or speeches by such activists as Jonas Basanavičius, Mykolas Biržiška, Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė, Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis, Petras Leonas.
[3] For example, it organized a concert to raise funds for Lithuanian students at the University of Dorpat in 1907, a commemoration of the 10th death anniversary of Vincas Kudirka in 1909, an evening to raise money for a Lithuanian school of the Saulė Society in Šančiai in 1910, a theater performance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the abolition of serfdom in the Russian Empire in 1911.
[2] Before World War I, the society staged more than 50 concerts and plays, including Pilėnų kunigaikštis (Duke of Pilėnai) by Marcelinas Šikšnys [lt] in 1907, A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov in 1907, Mindaugas by Juliusz Słowacki in 1908, Prabočių šešėliai (Shadows of Ancestors) by Vydūnas in 1911, and Trys mylimos (Three Beloveds) by Žemaitė in 1911.
The society staged operettas Užburtas kunigaikštis (Bewitched Duke) by Mikas Petrauskas in 1922 and The Geisha by Sidney Jones in 1924.
[3] The society often performed during various official state functions and organized various fundraising events for the benefits of the Lithuanian Army or the Union for the Liberation of Vilnius.
The last concert in independent Lithuania was held on 16 December 1939 at the Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club Building – it commemorated the 40th anniversary of Daina.