Birutd Sriogytî-Vaitkienî
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Chanted poetry: Heritage from both sides of the Nemunas river
Birutd Sriogytî-Vaitkienî
The genre of chanted poetry is almost extinct now but there are attempts to restore it. The author of the article analyses the contribution of singer Danielius Sadauskas who made conscious attempts to reinvent this type of singing. In 2002 Sadauskas recorded a new CD. This work is marvelous because of the singer's ability to control the intonation of the word, to get a subtle sound and make use of Lithuanian folk instruments. We should not forget that the word and its musical sound in Lithuania had always been understood as the sides of the same phenomenon.