Alilo II
( Alilo, on the 25th day of the month )
( Alilo, otsdakhutsa am tvesao )
Arr.: Ensemble Zedashe [ Georgia ]
Edition
Published by
Northern Harmony Publishing
[USA ; Vermont]
, 2007
; in Forged in Fire
(75 p.)
Number of pages :
2
Editor or author of the restitution:
Patty Cuyler
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
2007
Description
Text in:
Georgian
Genre-Style-Form:
Folk music ; Sacred ; Secular ; Carol
Mood of the piece:
festive
Type of Choir:
AAB OR ATB OR SSA OR TBB OR TTB (3 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Duration:
3.0 min.
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
Georgia
Musicological Sources:
There are scores of different alilos from all parts of Georgia. They were traditionally sung by groups of carolers who made the rounds in the villages on Christmas eve. This is a more ornate version from Kakheti in eastern Georgia, with two ornamented u
