The edition contains 50 compositions, the names of the performers of which speak for themselves – Igo, Ieva Akuratere, Remix, Putnu Balle, Žoržs Siksna, Tip TopNormunds Rutulis, Ojārs Grinbergs, Cuckoo a read.
A collection of sheet music could be a real discovery for many and a completely new repertoire for many.
Aivars has chosen good poetry and reliable co-authors for his songs and they are the already mentioned Igo and Ieva Akuratere, as well as the poets Linards Tauns, Māra Zālīte, Vizma Belševica, Aspazija, Viks and others. The best-known are the songs from the joint work of Ieva and Igo, who were once recognized as the most erotic and sensual Latvian music album. Silence between us with songs like With you, Whisper awoke the city a For silence.
The opening of the book will take place with a short performance Latvian book exhibition 2022 at the opening event on March 11 in Ķīpsala Exhibition Hall, but already on Sunday, March 13, Aivars invites everyone to his repeatedly held 65th anniversary concert in his native Liepāja, concert hall Great amber, where he will be joined by many outstanding Latvian musicians. Tickets: www.bilesuparadize.lv
The book also includes a biographical description of musicologist Daiga Mazvērsīte about Aivars’ creative life: eight, even ten or twelve hours of guitar playing a day, and what a miracle that in the middle of other composers’ compositions were self-created melodies. Even now, in the morning, Aivars often takes the book as his first hand, not as a young man, when he had to throw his head into the verse of music – he already played in the ensemble at school. Ancestorsto your group, first Livscalled Juris Pavītols.
Playing a wide range of repertoire, the individual style of playing gradually developed, influenced by jazz, blues, and heavy rock, which was less pronounced in the songs written by Aivars. In total, there are about a hundred of them, some of which are also created for theater performances, radio productions… ”
In the series The most popular songs of Latvian music 20 sheet music books have been published, including Raimonds Pauls, Imants Kalniņš, Mārtiņš Freimanis, Uldis Marhilevičs, Guntars Račs and the group Liv, Brainstorming, but bet song collections and thematic song collections – for children, songs at Christmas, news, folk songs and others.
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