| Abstrakt: |
The article focuses on Te Deum settings created by Lithuanian composers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Te Deum laudamus (Thee, o God, we praise) is an old solemn church hymn, in the liturgy it is usually sung in a monodic way. In the 13th century, polyphonic settings of the Te Deum were created, and in the 17th century, the Te Deum became a large-scale, cantata-style genre meant for solemn religious and secular occasions. In Lithuanian music the hymn is treated in various ways: composers Teodoras Brazys and Laurynas Vakaris Lopas based their settings on Gregorian chant; Jeronimas KaËinskas created an atonal Te Deum; compositions by Vidmantas Bartulis and Vaida StriaupaitÎ-BeinarienÎ are romantic, but they differ in their mood ñ the former is dramatic, the latter is pastoral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
