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Sung Poetry
Sung poetry is a broad and imprecise music genre widespread in European countries, such as Poland and the Baltic States, especially Poland and Lithuania, to describe songs consisting of a poem (most often a ballad) and music written especially for that text. The compositions usually feature a delicate melody and scarce musical background, often comprising a guitar or piano. Usually used are arranged pieces of poetry accompanied by the traditional instruments of the bards: guitar, lute, Celtic harp, zither, Kanklės, violin or piano. This genre is represented by many famous artists whose activities are not limited to this. Some sung poetry performers are singer-songwriters; others use known, published poems, or collaborate with contemporary writers. Artists of sung poetry include people of various occupations usually with little or no particular music education, as well as stage actors. Notable Polish and Lithuanian artists include sanah, Ewa Demarczyk, Edyta Geppert, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Orlova
Alina Orlova (; ; born 28 June 1988) is a Lithuanian sung poetry singer and musician. Origins Alina is of mixed Poles in Lithuania, Polish (father) and Russians in Lithuania, Russian (mother) heritage. Her father, a Poles in Lithuania, Lithuanian Pole was born in Lithuania and mother in Voronezh. Later their families moved to Kazakhstan and lived in the same house. After marriage they moved to Lithuania, to the town of Visaginas which serviced the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, where Alina's father went to work. The town had predominantly Russian population, the Alina's family spoke Russian, but Alina and her brother were sent to the only Lithuanian-speaking school in the town. When asked about her ethnicity (in 2010), Alina said that she did not definitely feel herself Lithuanian or Russian, but that her mentality is definitely Baltic States, Baltic. In her childhood she went to a special musical school and played piano. Performing career Orlova both composes her own songs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanah
Sanah is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Sanah (singer) Zuzanna Irena Grabowska (Name at birth, née Jurczak; born 2 September 1997), known professionally as sanah (stylized in all lowercase), is a Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer. She received nationwide popularity in 2020, with th ... (born 1997), Polish singer and songwriter * Sanah Moidutty (born 1991), Indian singer and songwriter * Sanah Mollo (born 1987), South African women's footballer {{given name Indian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bard (Soviet Union)
The term bard ( rus, бард, p=bart) came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to folk singers of the American folk music revival. Because in bard music songwriters perform their own songs, the genre is also commonly referred to as author song (, ''avtorskaya pesnya'') or bard song (, ''bardovskaya pesnya''). Bard poetry differs from other poetry mainly in being sung with simple guitar accompaniment, as opposed to being spoken. Another difference is that it focuses less on style and more on meaning. This means that fewer stylistic devices are used, and the poetry is often in the form of a narrative. What separates bard poetry from other songs is that the music is far less important than the lyrics; chord progressions are often very simple and tend to repeat from one bard song to another. A far more obvious difference is the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Song
An art song is a Western world, Western vocal music Musical composition, composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical music, classical art music tradition. By extension, the term "art song" is used to refer to the collective genre of such songs (e.g., the "art song repertoire").Meister, ''An Introduction to the Art Song'', pp. 11–17. An art song is most often a musical setting of an independent poem or text, "intended for the concert repertory" "as part of a recital or other relatively formal social occasion". While many vocal music pieces are easily recognized as art songs, others are more difficult to categorize. For example, a wordless vocalise written by a classical composer is sometimes considered an art song and sometimes not. Other factors help define art songs: *Songs that are part of a staged work (such as an aria from an opera or a song from a Musical theatre, musical) are not usually considered art songs.Kimball, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieva Narkutė
Ieva Narkutė–Šeduikienė (born 1987 in Kaunas), also known as Jieva, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She grew up in Šiauliai and her parents are musicians. She studied psychology and her song "Raudoni vakarai" was an important hit. In 2015, she married Mindaugas Šeduikis, a military man, at the Church of the Saviour in Vilnius. After the wedding, she chose a double surname - Ieva Narkute-Šeduikiene. Prizes * 2007 – w:lt:Sauliaus Mykolaičio premija, Award Saulius Mykolaitis; *2011 – Musical Awards w:lt: T.Ė.T.Ė. muzikiniai apdovanojimai, T.Ė.T.Ė., best singer Discography * ''Vienas'' (2013) * ''Švelnesnis žvėris'' (2014) * ''Ieva Narkutė sutinka Lietuvos valstybinį simfoninį orkestrą'' (2016) * ''Kai muzika baigias'' (2018) See also *Sung poetry External links and references [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Smoriginas
Kostas Smoriginas (born April 22, 1953) is a Lithuanian theatre and cinema actor and musician. "Kostas Smoriginas" at cinema.lt During 1995–1998, he, together with actors and , formed a musical group "Actors' Trio" ("Aktorių trio"), toured Lithuania and abroad and released several albums. Since the 2000s he performs solo. Filmography Since 1976 he played in over 40 films, including: *'' Loss (film), Loss'' (2008) *'' (1990),'' starring |
Vytautas Kernagis
Vytautas Kernagis (19 May 1951 – 15 March 2008) was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter ("bard") actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered to be a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry. Biography Vytautas Kernagis was born to the family of actors and . In 1973 he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 1975 he enrolled in correspondence courses on stage directing at State Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1980. He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands ''Aisčiai'' (1966–1968) and ''Rupūs miltai'' (1969–1972). Kernagis recorded his first album of sung poetry in 1978. Kernagis also took part in the first Lithuanian rock opera '' Devil's Bride'', first Lithuanian musical '' Fire Hunt with Beaters'' (1976), and first Lithuanian musical for a puppet theatre ''Šokantis ir dainuojantis mergaitės vieversėlis''. Kernagis hosted the 1st season (2007) of '' Žvaigždžių duetai'' TV show. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Umer
Magda Umer (; born Małgorzata Magda Umer, October 9, 1949) is a Polish singer and performer of sung poetry, journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, actress, and author of recitals. Biography She was born to Edward Umer, the head of the Special Section of the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish ArmyTkaczew Władysław: ''Organa informacji Wojska Polskiego w latach 1943–1956. Kontrwywiad wojskowy.'' Warsaw: Bellona, 2007, page 42. . and Stanisława Umer. Her father was Jewish, son of Otylia and Wincenty Umer, brother of Adam Humer. Both of Magda Umer's parents were atheists; she converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult. Her godmother was actress Kalina Jędrusik. She graduated from Klement Gottwald High School in Warsaw (now the Stanisław Staszic High School). Later she studied at the Faculty of Polish Philology at Warsaw University The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Kaczmarski
Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Life He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski. Kaczmarski was a voice of the Solidarity trade union movement in 1980s Poland. His songs criticized the ruling communist regime and appealed to the tradition of patriotic resistance within Poles. He remains best known for his protest songs on social and political subjects (" Mury" (''Walls'') based on " L'Estaca" by Lluís Llach, "Obława" (''Wolf hunt (lit. Raid)'')). However, his commentary was not restricted to contemporary politics, and his texts' themes have retained their relevance in Polish culture beyond the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist bloc. He made his debut in 1977 at the Student Song Festival, where he was awarded first prize for his work "Obława" based on the song "Охота на волков" by Vladimir Vysotsky. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czesław Niemen
Czesław Niemen (; born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), occasionally credited mononymously as Niemen, was one of the most important and innovative Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th century, singing primarily in Polish. He possessed an unusually wide voice range and equally rich intonation. He was also an ardent composer and keyboardist. Biography Early life Niemen was born in Stare Wasiliszki in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic (now in the Grodno Region of Belarus), to parents Antoni Wydrzycki (1896–1960) and Anna (''née'' Markiewicz; 1897–1986). Niemen belonged to a community of Poles, living outside the eastern borders of contemporary Poland, on the eastern lands of the historical Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (called ' Kresy' – 'borderlands' – in Polish). From the age of 10, he was involved in both school and church choirs, sometimes playing organ accompaniment. Niemen briefl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Grechuta
Marek Michał Grechuta (10 December 1945 – 9 October 2006) was a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and lyricist. Early life Grechuta was born on 10 December 1945 in Zamość, Poland. He studied architecture at Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Kraków. Career While studying at university, he met the composer Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz. Together, they founded the student cabaret Anawa in 1967. In the same year, Grechuta was placed second in the VI National Contest of Student Musicians (''VI Ogólnopolski Konkurs Piosenkarzy Studenckich'') and received an award for the album "Tango Anawa", with lyrics by him and music by Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz. In 1968, he won several awards at the Festival of Polish Music in Opole. In 1969, Grechuta played a minor role in Andrzej Wajda's film '' Hunting Flies''. In 1971, he left Anawa and founded the band WIEM (W Innej Epoce Muzycznej, In a Different Musical Era; note that ''wiem'' means ''I know'' in Polish). Grechuta ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edyta Geppert
Edyta Geppert (born 27 November 1953 in Nowa Ruda, Poland) is a popular Polish singer. Geppert was born to a Polish father and Hungarian mother. She is married to Piotr Loretz. They have one son Mieczysław (born in 1988). Awards *1984 – Grand Prix at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole for the song ''Jaka róża, taki cierń'' *1986 – Grand Prix at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole for the song ''Och, życie, kocham cię nad życie'' *1995 – Grand Prix at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole The National Festival of Polish Song in Opole (, KFPP), commonly known as the Opole Festival () is an annual music festival in Opole, Poland. Together with the Sopot Festival it is one of the two most important music festivals in Poland. The Op ... for the song ''Idź swoją drogą'' Discography Studio albums Live albums References External links * 1953 births Living people People from Nowa Ruda Polish people of Hungarian descent K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
