Known Interpreter:
Anchiskhati Choir
Edition
Published by
Anchiskhati Choir
[Georgia]
, 2005
; in Georgian Traditional Folk Songs
(108 p.)
Number of pages :
6
Editor or author of the restitution:
Shugliashvili, David
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
2005
ISMN/ISBN :
M802100114
Description
Text in:
Georgian
Genre-Style-Form:
Folk music ; Secular ; Sacred
Mood of the piece:
dense ; majestic ; powerful
Type of Choir:
ATB + ATB (6 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Ad libitum (2 soloist(s))
Instruments:
chonguri
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Sunday after Eastern (1.) prot.
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
Georgia
Musicological Sources:
A folk song performed outside the church at Easter. The whole text is nonsense syllables. Requires two solo yodelers in the Georgian style and two antiphonal choirs. A show stopper. All these traditional Georgian songs are best learned by listening to ; Anchiskhati CD "Georgian Folk Songs"
Source of text:
traditional text