Shavlego
( Shavleg, your black chokha (man's traditional cloak) )
( Shavleg sheni shavi chokha, shavlego )
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 dance ; Folk music ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
rhythmic ; dancing
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:
12
Origin:
Georgia
Musicological Sources:
Dimitri Araqishvili recorded this unusual and old song in Kakheti and it was published by Grigol Chkhikhvadze in 1960. Zedashe reconstructed the round dance that goes with the song. There is also a more modern version of the song which is current in Geo
