a r t i s t : Stary Olsa
t i t l e : Skarby Litvinay. Syarednyavechchya
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Sound Age Productions
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2008
t r a c k s : 16
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 56,1 MB
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The Litvins (Lithuanians) is an old name of the Belarusans.
Litva (Lithuania) is an old name of Belarus. The Grand Duchy
of Lithuania (GDL) is the LitvinsÆ state. Vilnia (Vilnius) is
the capital of the old Litva. The Litvins' treasures are the
spiritual values of both local and West European origin.
The Middle Ages is a 1,000-year period of our history from the
time when the Slavs came (the 6th century) to the heyday of
Renaissance (the 16th century). There are the Early Middle
Ages (the 6th - 13th centuries; the Principalities of Polacak,
Turau and others) and the Late Middle Ages (the 13th û early
16th centuries, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania).
Song About Grand Duke Vitaut (9) is a martial song of the 15th
- 16th centuries. Its lyrics were found by V.Lastouski in
1923; its music - by the Students' Ethnographic Society during
an expedition in Drysna District in 2002. "Hey, Litvins! God
advises us!" is a battle-cry of the army of the Dukes
Radzivils.
Holy Mother (10) is a hymn of the 14th - 17th centuries, its
music was written in the 13th century, the first verses - in
the 12th û 14th centuries in the Old Belarusan Liturgical
language. The song's first description dates back to Gruenwald
- at the beginning of the battle, the whole army of GDL and
Poland started singing Holy Mother and then plunged into the
battle (Chronicle of Jan Dlugosz). Since the 15th century,
this song was called Homeland Song and already considered very
old. Since the 16th century, Holy Mother is the GDL National
Anthem, the GDL Army would sing it before every battle, it was
played during all state and martial celebrations, in the
Catholic and Orthodox churches, and honouring the Belarusan
Saints. On the CD, there is a reconstruction of the oldest
variant of Holy Mother (the last verses and their melody were
written in Poland much later). The fact that the song's text
is in the form of a verse proves that Holy Mother is a hymn,
not a prayer. The song is based on the melody of a song
composition that is close to folklore. The fullest text and
melody were written in 1407.
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01-Surmy [00:38]
02-Oy, rana [02:23]
03-Ula [01:54]
04-Udavets [02:19]
05-Staynya vayskavaya [04:22]
06-Tsyatserka-Padushachka [01:44]
07-Totentanz XIII-XVI stst. [02:00]
08-A que por XIV-XVI stst. [02:10]
09-Pesnya a knyazhyu Vitaytse XV-XVI stst. [02:18]
10-Bagarodzitsa XIV-XVII stst. [04:10]
11-Shturm [02:29]
12-Voytsekh [02:56]
13-Totus floreo XIV-XVI stst. [02:38]
14-U karchme XIV-XVI stst. [02:59]
15-Tourdion XIV-XVI stst. [03:23]
16-Litvin [03:10]
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41:33 min