Georgika - Georgia

Album 1996

The Caucasian nation of Georgia has a highly developed tradition of part-singing which has been handed down orally. The polyphony is not the result of an arrangement for the concert performance, it forms part of the essence of this music in which the harmony is often more important than catchy melodic formulae. There is an almost inexhaustible variety of Georgian vocal music. Each region of this widely varied country between the high mountainous region of Caucasia and the Black Sea has its own style, which realizes the possibilities of polyphony in its own way.

For the past hundred years traditional Georgian songs could also be heard in concert: the first performing group was established in 1885 and by 1907, recordings were already being made. Ensemble Georgika, founded in 1989 is, among the many such groups presently performing in Georgia, one of the youngest, and after 70 years of Soviet rule, one of the first to survive without state support and patronage. Its 14 singers and 3 instrumentalists wish not only to continue the existing concert tradition, but based on archive recordings and instruction from authoritative village elders, also strive to preserve its diversity and vivacity.

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Music

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• Traditional
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• of
• Georgia

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