SSA Choir
SKU:
BT.MUSM570365791
Dressed In White.
Composed by Thomas
Simaku. Classical. Vocal
Score. 12 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570365791.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570365791).
English.
Thomas
Simaku 's Albanian
Wedding Song for SSA
choir. This song is part
of a set published as
Three Albanian Folk Songs
for Female Choir. Qenke
veshur me të bardha
(Dressed in White -
Kosova) is the most
popular wedding song
which is sung not only in
Kosova, but in every
Albanian wedding. As in
most folk songs, these
tunes are remarkably
short. The melodies
themselves have not been
altered, but have been
extended, enriched in
texture, and presented in
different ways. The
melodic lines serve as a
point of departure for
the proliferation of a
distinct harmonic
vocabulary for each song.
Within the overall folk
idiom of the piece, each
song has its own flavour
and character.