Didi da daidzra

( The great mountains shook )

( Didi da daizra sul mtani )

Arr.: Ensemble Zedashe [ Georgia ]

Edition
Published by Northern Harmony Publishing [USA ; Vermont] , 2007 ; in Forged in Fire (75 p.)
Number of pages : 3
Editor or author of the restitution: Patty Cuyler
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : 2007
 
Description
Text in: Georgian
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Folk music ; ballad
Mood of the piece: heroic
Type of Choir: ATB + ATB  (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Duration: 2.0 min.
Number of verses: 5
Origin: Georgia
Musicological Sources: From mountainous Racha in northern Georgia. Said to be an historical account of a time when the Svans and the Rachans were on the verge of war, but both sides prayed and sacrificed and they ended up finding a peaceful resolution.