Voices from Lithuania. All songs are from life + nemokamas atvežimas! | knygos.lt

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In this publication are presented various Lithuanian multipart singing practices. The main focus is on the singers, concentrating on their own reflections regarding the music they make. The idea of paying increased attention to singing features emerged naturally from almost 35 years of interacting with them. Nors only did the variety of timbres catch the listener's attention, but also the singers' own metaphoric characterizations of the voices „as if from a barrel“. This also applies to the harmonization of voices when singing in a group „the voices stick together like glue“. Some explanations describe not only the importance on singing as a joyous „coming together“, but also reveal the singers' admiration for its power and great resonance: „even the lapms would go out when we sang.“

The concept all songs are from life is revealed in this publication through sound, accompanied by the reflections of the singers. The songs presented here were once sung in their parents' homes, while working in the fields, or fighting for Lithuanias' independence, and we are retained in memory to this day, becoming part of the collective singing practice within the communities. Singing is the basis of the local people's existence: „Not singing is the same as not living.“