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Romani National Anthem ''Gelem, Gelem'' - ''Romale Shavale'' for Brass Quintet
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Romani National Anthem ''Gelem, Gelem'' - ''Romale Shavale'' for Brass Quintet
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices."Gelem, Gelem" (IPA: [ˈd͡ʒelem ˈd͡ʒelem]; lit. 'I Went, I Went'),[a] also known as "Opre Roma!" (lit. 'Upward, Roma!'), is a traditional song composed by Žarko Jovanović, often used as the anthem of the Romani people. The title has been adapted in many countries by local Roma to match their native orthography and spoken dialect of the Romani language.
In an interview with reporter Mike Kalezić, Jovanović himself titled the song "Opre Roma".
After experiencing firsthand the incarceration of Roma during the Porajmos (the Romani Holocaust of World War II) in the Independent State of Croatia, Jovanović later composed the lyrics of "Gelem, Gelem" and set them to a traditional melody in 1949. The song was first adopted by delegates of the first World Romani Congress held in 1971.
