Žemaičių Kalvarijos kalnai: maldynas ir giesmynas.Tekstai, natos ir kompaktinė plokštelė

LTKnygoje „Žemaičių Kalvarijos kalnai. Maldynas ir giesmynas“ į vieną šaltinį sudėtos Žemaičių Kalvarijos kalnų tradicijoje naudotos ir šiandien naudojamos maldos ir giesmės, pristatytos šių giesmių melodijos bei muzika. Remtasi jau paskelbta spausdintine moksline bei pedagogine medžiaga: Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Katalikų teologijos fakulteto Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčios istorijos centro, Šv. Antano religijos studijų instituto prie Katalikų teologijos fakulteto Vytauto Didžiojo universitete Folkloro kabineto ir asmeninio archyvų šaltiniais. [Anotacija knygoje]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos istorija; Katalikų bažnyčia; Kryžiaus kelias; Giesmės; Maldos; Muzika; The Lithuanian history; The Catholic Church; Stations of the Cross; Songs; Prayers; Music.

EN"Samogitian Calvary Hills" is a unique set of prayers and hymns performed in the sanctum of Samogitian Calvary and Samogitian region. They are unknown in any other country in the world or other Lithuanian ethnic regions; they are only performed in Samogitian families and communities. The origins of these prayers and hymns date back to 1637-1639, when the bishop of Samogitia Jurgis Tiškevičius established the Road of the Cross of 19 stops (chapels) or, more exactly, 20 stops (there are two stops in one of the chapels) in Gardai village, which was later renamed as Samogitian Calvary. Prayers and hymns for this sanctum were gathered and translated from various Polish sources. Only the final hymns (devoted to Samogitian Calvary) were written by priests and monks of that time. The last edition of prayers and hymns of Samogitian Calvary Hills was revised by priest Jonas Paliukas MIC. He not only edited them, but also wrote some new lyrics for the hymns. The singing of prayers and hymns of Samogitian Calvary Hills during funeral and commemorations of the departed is the main practice of folk devotion in Samogitia. The originator of such devotion is also the bishop of Samogitia Jurgis Tiškevičius, who, during his serving as the bishop of Samogitia in 1633-1649, called together 4 synods of priests (1636 01 13-15, 1639 01 16-18, 1643 09 20-22, 1647 07 14-16). During the last two synods the bishop asked priests to establish brotherhoods of St. Nicodemus in parishes, the members of which would be responsible for taking care that funeral were accompanied with prayers and hymns of Samogitian Calvary Hills and music. This practice, indoctrinated by local priests and monks, is still alive even today. In Samogitia it is practiced not only during funerals, commemorations of the departed, but also in churches on the Easter Night.As chapels of Samogitian Calvary Hills, prayers and hymns of this sanctum were also dissolved by ideologies of czarism and atheism, but the inherited tradition survived due to Samogitians' folk devotion and dedication. It is the keystone of Catholic Samogitian folk devotion. The upcoming 600th anniversary of Samogitians' baptism (in 2013) inspired to prepare the "Prayer Book and Hymnal of Samogitian Calvary Hills". Prayers and hymns of Samogitian Calvary Hills can be distinguished from all other funeral devotion practices in Lithuania by the use of academic wind section and folk music instruments. Music instruments accompany the hymns by repeating the verse which is chanted by singers or by playing the next verse which is not chanted by singers, in this way allowing them to take a break. The sound of these instruments in folk devotion is like a bridge which connects those who pray with the beyond. The compiler and editor of this prayer book and hymnal has set himself a goal to collect all previously and today used prayers and hymns of funeral traditions of Samogitian Calvary Hills, and to present the melodies of hymns that are similar among various parishes. The tasks of this work are: to decode melodies of hymns and to sort out which prayer and hymn material in Samogitia is relevant to the needs of today's worshipers, to present it according to the modern standards. The material for the compilation of this prayer book and hymnal was taken from the Centre of the Lithuanian Catholic Church of the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Vytautas Magnus University, the Folklore office of St. Anthony institute for religion studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Vytautas Magnus University, personal archives and also scientific and pedagogical publications.This prayer book and hymnal will reach the academic community of Lithuanian universities and seminaries: theologians, researchers of religions, ethnology and musicology, historians; as well as faith teachers, catechists, parish communities and pilgrims. [From the publication]

• Muzikologija / Musicology
• Istorija / History