Repertoire
Here you will find the sheet music, choral practice tracks, song lyrics and translations – everything you need for your rehearsals to properly prepare for performing in the Song Festival.
National Anthems & Prayer
JAV himnas (The Star Spangled Banner)
Music: John Stafford Smith
Lyrics: Francis Scott Key
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Choral practice tracks
Kanados himnas (O Canada)
Music: Calixa Lavalée
French text: Adolphe-Basile Routhier
English text: Stanley Wier
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Choral practice tracks
Tautiška giesmė (Lithuanian National Anthem)
Music & lyrics: Vincas Kudirka
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Choral practice tracks
Baltas paukštis (The White Songbird)
Music and lyrics: Vytautas Kernagis
Keyboard: Andrius Kulikauskas
Choir arrangement: Vytautas Miškinis
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Sheet music – Children’s choirs
Choral practice tracks
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Part I: We were born Lithuanian
Lietuviais esame mes gimę (We were born Lithuanians)
Music: Stasys Šimkus
Lyrics: Jurgis Zauerveinas
Choral practice tracks
Note: The recording is in Db, whereas the song will be sung as in the sheet music, in C.
Čiūto (Čiūto)
Lithuanian folk song, Harmonized by Juozas Tallat-Kelpša
Choral practice tracks
Buvo dūda Vilniuj (A horn sounded in Vilnius)
Lithuanian folk song, Variations by Jonas Tamulionis
Choral practice tracks
Dzūkit, dzūkit girnelės (The millstone is humming)
Lithuanian folk song, Variations by Danguolė Beinarytė
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Ir įšoko ožėlis (The goat in the garden)
Lithuanian folk song, Harmonization: Banga Balakauskienė
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Ne dėl žalio vyno (Not for the green wine)
Lithuanian folk song Variations by Vilija Mažintaitė
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Už Raseinių, ant Dubysos (Beyond the city of Raseiniai, by the Dubysa river)
Music: Juozas Naujalis
Lyrics: Maironis
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Part II: The place of my dreams
Pienės pūkas (Dandelion seeds in the wind)
Music: Aleksandras Stankevičius
Lyrics: Aušrinė Širvinskienė
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Choral practice tracks
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Ar žinai tu, klajūne, keleivi (Do you know, o wandering traveler?)
Music: Rita Čyvaitė-Kliorienė
Lyrics: Aušrinė Širvinskienė
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Žąsinas (The Gander)
Music: Rasa Kauneckaitė
Lyrics: Martynas Vainilaitis
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Skaičiuotės (A children‘s counting rhyme)
Music: Aleksandras Stankevičius
Lyrics: A folk rhyme of rhythmic nonsense words
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Sheet music – Youth choirs
Sheet music – Children’s choirs
Choral practice tracks
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Aš pasėjau linelį (I sowed flax)
Lithuanian folk song, Harmonization: Alfonsas Mikulskis
Keyboard: Darius Polikaitis
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Jau saulutė leidžias (The sun is setting)
Music: Darius Polikaitis
Lyrics: Tomas Žičkus
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Choral practice tracks
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Jonvabalis (The lightning bug)
Music: Gintautas Abarius
Lyrics: Stasys Žlibinas
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Choral practice tracks
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Greitai, greitai (Time passes swiftly)
North American-Lithuanian camp song, Author unknown
Arrangement: Jonas Govėdas
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Choral practice tracks
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Šią naktelę, per naktelę (I didn‘t sleep last night)
Lithuanian folk song, Arrangement: Gediminas Kalinas
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Note: During the Song Festival, this song will be sung with the public. Thus, the arrangement has been appropriately simplified for group singing. We invite those who like to use the original arrangement in a concert setting in their own cities.
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Greitakalbės (A fast-talking tongue twister)
Music: Aleksandras Stankevičius
Lyrics: Folk tongue twister
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Ten mano svajos (The place of my dreams)
Music and lyrics: Darius Polikaitis
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Part III: And the sun rose, again awakening the world
Užaugo liepa (A linden tree grew)
Traditional Lithuanian multi-part song, Variations by Kęstutis Daugirdas
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Beauštanti aušrelė (Dawn is breaking)
Lithuanian folk song, Harmonization: M.K. Čiurlionis
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Kur sakalalis (The falcon and the cuckoo)
Lithuanian folk song, Variations by Raimundas Martinkėnas
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Cykiai, cykiai (Quietly, quietly)
Lithuanian folk song from the Dzūkija region, Variations by Raimondas Katinas
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Žmonės ant kalnų (People on the hills)
Music: Laimis Vilkončius
Lyrics: Sigitas Geda
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Part IV: Let's open the hope chest of song & dance
Kraičio drobelės (Linens for my dowry)
Lithuanian folk song, Variations by Eugenijus Čiplys
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Pradės aušrelė aušti (Dawn begins to break)
Lithuanian folk song, Arrangement: Bronius Budriūnas
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Žvirbliai (Sparrows)
Music: Algirdas Šumskis
Arrangement: Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė
Lyrics: Leonardas Gutauskas
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Choral practice tracks
Šarkela varnela (The magpie, the crow)
Lithuanian folk song, Arrangement: Danguolė Aukselienė
Redaction for mixed choir: Artūras Novikas
Choral practice tracks
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