A HERITAGE OF BALTIC SONG CELEBRATION SONGS

Authors

  • PhD Guntis Šmidchens U

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55877/cc.vol9.147

Keywords:

repertoire, songs, Song Celebration history, tradition

Abstract

This attempt to inventory all 1,964 songs performed at the seventy Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian National Song Celebrations (1869 to 2014) identified twelve songs which are most representative of Song Celebrations tradition as a whole. These are songs which were remembered and repeated across diff erent epochs of Celebration history (Tsarist, Independence, Soviet, and Renewed Independence). Song Celebrations heritage is measurable, in retrospect. At any Song Celebration, the number of songs from previous Celebrations can be counted to assess if the concert is more or less heritage-oriented.

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Published

10.11.2022