Tenor tutorial for Vselennaja veselitsja by Peter Rezník

The Vselennaja veselitsja song learning material for the tenor 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 tenors (found below), we include the lyrics of the tenor group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Tenor tutorial for song Vselennaja veselitsja

The performance is at a slower tempo (to make it easier to learn voice parts), recorded by members of the Technik STU Choir. If you are interested in singing with the Technik STU choir, consider joining us.

Tenor in the foreground

Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Recording of all voices without tenors

All voices together

Tenor lyrics and pronunciation for Vselennaja veselitsja

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Vselennaja veselitsja
fsɛlɛnaja vɛsɛlitsja

Boh ot Ďivy dnes rodivsja.
bɔɦ ɔd ɟivɨ dnɛs rɔdifsja 

Vo vertepi mež bydľati
vɔ vɛrtɛpi mɛʒ bɨdʎati

Isusovi poklon dati
isusɔvi pɔklɔn dati

tri cari tri cari prichoďat. ďat.
tri t͡sari tri t͡sari prixɔɟat ɟat 

I pastyri pribihajut
i pastɨri pribiɦajut

svoji dary prinošajut.
svɔji darɨ prinɔʃajut 

Vselennaja veselitsja
fsɛlɛnaja vɛsɛlitsja

Bohovi, Bohovi vo jasľach
bɔɦɔvi bɔɦɔvi vɔ jasʎax

Vselennaja veselitsja
fsɛlɛnaja vɛsɛlitsja

virujučim, virujučim vo neho
virujut͡ʃim virujut͡ʃim vɔ nɛɦɔ

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