Soprano tutorial for Narodzil śe nam by František Prášil

The Narodzil śe nam song learning material for the soprano vocal group is a part of the freely available online choral library with music from Slovak composers. It was created with the support of Slovak Arts Council (Fond na podporu umenia).

In addition to the tutorial recordings for sopranos (found below), we include the lyrics of the soprano group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Soprano tutorial for song Narodzil śe nam

The performance is in the prescribed tempo, recorded by members of the Technik STU Choir. If you are interested in singing with the Technik STU choir, consider joining us.

Soprano in the foreground

Recording of all voices without sopranos

All voices together

Choral interpretation of Narodzil śe nam

Soprano lyrics and pronunciation for Narodzil śe nam

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Narodzil še nam ňeba šveta Pan,
narɔd͡zil ɕɛ nam ɲɛba ɕvɛta pan
hlapčik šumni, mali, ľudze še klaňali
ɦlapt͡ʂik ʂumni mali ʎud͡zɛ ʂɛ klaɲali
Jemu v Betleheme.
jɛmu v bɛtlɛɦɛmɛ
Na slame ľeží hlapčik naš, Ježiš,
na slamɛ ʎɛʐiː ɦlapt͡ʂik naʐ jɛʐiʂ
šumňe pokukuje, jak von viter duje
ʂumɲɛ pɔkukujɛ jak vɔn vitɛr dujɛ
v mesce Betleheme.
v mɛst͡sɛ bɛtlɛɦɛmɛ

NOTE: The lyrics are in an Eastern Slovak dialect, and their IPA transcription includes the dialectal ś sound [ɕ] (same as the sound represented by Standard Polish ś).

Further help, notes on pronunciation and English approximations of the sounds can be found in this Wikipedia article.