LIAUDIES DAINOMIS VIRTĘ JONO AISČIO EILĖRAŠČIAI
POEMS BY JONAS AISTIS TRANSFORMED INTO FOLK SONGS

Summary/Abstract: Poems by Jonas Aistis, such as Lopšinė [‘Lullaby’], Peizažas [‘The Landscape’], Šilainė, Naktis [‘Night’], Paprastas gyvenimas [‘Simple Life’] and several others, have been transformed into folk songs and are quite frequently sung. Already in the interwar Lithuania, approximately in 1936, students at Vilkaviškis gymnasium started singing these poems. Among them was the former student of this gymnasium, poet Kazys Bradūnas. Songs created according to poems by Aistis used to be and are still performed at meetings, parties, or during travels. They are very popular among Lithuanian emigrants in America. These songs also found their way into the repertoire of the folklore ensembles (e.g. Blezdinga or Rumškių giedotojai). Lopšinė [‘Lullaby’] and Peizažas [‘The Landscape’] are the most popular ones.

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