Shashvi Kakabi
( The thrush and partridge began to fight )
(Thrush and partridge)
( Shashvi kakabi sheibnen )
Arr.: Anchiskhati Choir [ Georgia ]
Known Interpreter: Anchiskhati Choir
Edition
Published by
Anchiskhati Choir
[Georgia]
, 2005
; in Georgian Traditional Folk Songs
(108 p.)
Number of pages :
3
Editor or author of the restitution:
Shugliashvili, David
Type of material:
Full score
ISMN/ISBN :
M802100114
Description
Text in:
Georgian
Genre-Style-Form:
Folk music ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
heroic
Type of Choir:
AAB OR ATB OR SAA OR TBB OR TTB (3 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Ad libitum (2 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F tonal center
Duration:
2.0 min.
Origin:
Georgia
Musicological Sources:
According to legend the song describes a contest between two skillful singers, and the upper two ornamented partys are best done by soloists. All these traditional Georgian songs are best learned by listening to recordings with the score as merely a guid
Source of text:
traditional text
