Sung poetry is a broad and imprecise

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widespread in European countries, such as

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and the

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, to describe songs consisting of a poem (most often a

ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or '' ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...

) and music written specially for that text. The compositions usually feature a delicate melody and scarce musical background, often comprising a guitar or piano. Some sung poetry performers are singer-songwriters; others use known, published poems, or collaborate with contemporary writers. Artists of sung poetry include people of various occupations usually with little or no particular

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, as well as stage actors. Notable Lithuanian and Polish artists include

Kostas Smoriginas Kostas Smoriginas (born April 22, 1953) is a Lithuanian theatre and cinema actor and musician.
"Kostas Smoriginas" at cine ...

, Ieva Narkutė, Vytautas Kernagis,

Alina Orlova Alina Orlova ( lt, Alina Orlovskaja; russian: Алина Орловская, Alina Orlovskaya; pl, Alina Orłowska; born 28 June 1988) is a Lithuanian-Russian sung poetry singer and musician. Origins Alina is of mixed Poles in Lithuania, Polish ...

, Ewa Demarczyk, Edyta Geppert, Marek Grechuta, Czesław Niemen,

Jacek Kaczmarski Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Life He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski. Kaczmarski ...

, Magda Umer or from younger generation Ralph Kaminski.

External links

Website dedicated to Lithuanian sung poetryWebsite of Lithuanian bardsPolish sung poetry – text, mp3, video clip
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