(VIDEO) 1966! The 5th Song Festival in VATS!

The 5th TVSH Song Festival – 1966 ILA, TIRANA Presenters: Drita Bardhi & Bujar Kapexhiu TV/Radio: TVSH / Radio Tirana The 5th TVSH Song Festival took place on December 28-29, 1966 in Tirana .

The winning song was announced as "Free Eagle", sung by Vaçe Zela and Ramiz Kovaçi Music: Pjeter Gaci and Music: Ismail Kadare.

Second prize: "Wave of Drini" Music by Tahsim Hoshafi, sung by Roza Dhami and Xhavit Luti. "Our new song" Music by Nikolla Zoraqi, sung by Qemal Kertusha and Nevruz Yzeiri.

Third prize: "When the fiddle and couplet fall", Music by Pjeter Gaci, Lyrics by Aleksander Banushi, sung by Vaçe Zela and Roza Dhami. "Legendary Guards" Music Agim Prodani, sung by Qemal Kertusha and Ibrahim Tukiqi.

__________________________________ CONTENTS OF THE SONGS IN THE AUDIO: 1. Kur Bjen Fyelli E Çiftelia – VACE ZELA Music: Pjetër Gaci Lyrics: Aleksandër Banushi

2. Vala e Drini – ROZA DHAMI Music: Tasim Hoshafi Lyrics: Llazar Siliqi

3. My beloved village – NEVRUZ YZEIRI Music: Ruzhdi Keraj Lyrics: Ruzhdi Keraj

4. Free eagle – VACE ZELA Music: Pjetër Gaci Lyrics: Ismail Kadare

5. Albanian Mothers – VACE ZELA Music: Nikolla Zoraqi Lyrics: Luan Qafëzezi

6. The horses are waiting for us – CLIRIME DUBANI Music: Llazar Morcka Lyrics: Luigj Gurakuqi

7. When the fiddle comes – Roza Dhami Music: Pjetër Gaci Lyrics: Aleksandër Banushi

8 Gëzo rini – LEONORA PAJO Music: Kristo Kote Lyrics: Luan Qafëzezi

THE SONGS ARE MISSING IN THIS VIDEO: "Our new song" / Music: Nikolla Zoraqi Performers: Qemal Kërtusha and Nevruz Yzeiri "When the mountains gather" / Music: Agim prodani Performers: Ibrahim Tukiqi and Qemal Kërtusha "League in our songs" / Music: Avni Mula Performers: Ramiz Kovaçi and Gaqo Çako "Legendary guards" / Music: Agim Prodani Performers: Ibrahim Tukiqi and Qemal Kërtusha "Always fly" / Music: Tonin Harapi Performers: Qemal Kërtusha and Luiza Papa "Party, spring of this land" / Music: Ferdinand Deda Performers: Hysen Koçia and Gaqo Çako

The 5th festival was in danger of not taking place at all. Already "revolutionization" under Chinese influence came like a hurricane and was sweeping away everything that had gone before. The 5th Congress of the PPSh, the "revolutionary" Congress, had just taken place and the speech of February 1967 was being prepared to "uproot backward customs", to finally ban religion. However, the festival took place and is the only one held only in two nights: December 28-29, 1966. It was presented again by the duo Drita Bardhi – Bujar Kapexhiu. A total of 13 songs were sung and on the second night (final) 11 songs came out. It was already a different time. The blazing pace of the 2nd festival, but also the delicacy of the 4th festival, were of another era. The songs were accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra directed by Ferdinand Deda, Fiqiri Kraja and Roland Çene. Guitars and drums were now completely missing. Some notes of popular joy were heard in some songs accompanied by the orchestra with folk instruments of Kukës led by Zef Gruda. Even the participating singers are more from classical music (opera) than from light music. We can mention the tenor singer Nevruz Yzeiri, whose career will end after the 10th Festival. The content of most of the songs is about the Party, the village, "to make the mountains like fields", the terraces, etc. There are still no songs where Enver's name is heard. These will start later, in the 15th festival. It is the first time that a composer is allowed to participate with two songs (which will happen later, but rarely). In this festival there are three composers who participate with two songs: Nikolla Zoraqi, Agim Prodani and Pjetër Gaci. The song "Free Eagle" sung by Vaçe Zela and Ramiz Kovaçi wins. This is the first festival where the song sung by Vaçe Zela wins. (Text according to Jozef Zamputi in Wikipedia) This video was prepared by Albanian Cinematografia in November 2019. The exclusivity on this page is dated January 19, 2024 _____________________ Albanian Cinematografia in activity since 2013