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Croatia contributes six songs to first EU Songbook

Author: Roberta Mlinarić

ZAGREB, 5 Nov (Hina) - More than 1,700 Croatians have selected six songs that will represent Croatia in the first EU Songbook.

The Songbook contains 164 songs, six each from the 27 EU member countries.

Croatians were offered to choose between 54 songs in six categories and they decided that in the category of love songs, Croatia will be represented by "Cesarica", a song composed by Gibonni, and in the category of nature and seasons songs "Dalmatino povišću pritrujena", composed by Gibonni's father Ljubo Stipišić.

In the category of religious songs, Croatians chose Petar Perica's "Zdravo Djevo, kraljice Hrvata", while in the category of folk and traditional songs Croatia will be represented by "Ljubav se ne trži" from the region of Međimurje.

In the category of freedom and peace songs Croatians chose "Moja domovina" by Rajko Dujmić and Zrinko Tutić, and in the category of children's songs "Kad se male ruke slože" by Arsen Dedić and Drago Britvić.

"We can be very much satisfied with Croatia's contribution to the colourful musical mosaic of the EU Songbook, which speaks of the culture of European nations much more than it may seem at first," said the editor of the EU Songbook for Croatia, Zagreb Music Academy professor Jasenka Ostojić.

The songs in the Songbook are presented in their original language, as well as in a singable English language version.

"The translation of a song from one language into another is a very difficult task because the translator must follow the melody of the song, the metric of the verses and the rhyme while bearing in mind that the song should be easy to sing," translator and composer Nikola Vranić, who translated the songs, said.

The EU Songbook is a democratic project launched by nonprofit organisations with no political or financial ties to Brussels and EU institutions.

More than 100 music organisations and conservatories were involved in the making of the Songbook, and the public vote on the songs was covered by more than 400 media outlets and involved more than 87,000 citizens from the 27 member-states.

With the EU Songbook we hope to enable the 27 nations to live less parallel lives by exchanging songs, said Jeppe Marsling, founder of the European Union Songbook Association. 

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