Bosnia & Bulgaria Flashcards
Ganga Singing
Bosnian Highlands, Dissonance
Solo -fall off>3singers diverge> chopping>fall off>repeat
- Groups of men or women
- text is gender bias
- sometimes outdoors
- informal
Sargija
Bosnian Lowlands
4 sting instrument
plucked
popular with the muslims, serbs, and croats
Sevdalinka
Bosnian Lowlands, Pop songs
Melodies are religous but lyrics are secular (often about romantic love)
Popularized by the village girls
Performed with Tamburitza Orchestra sometimes
Tamburitza Orchestra
Bosnian Lowlands
Orchestra of stringed instraments with Acordian
Gaida
Bulgarian Goat-skin Bagpipes
Florg Jagoda
Expatriot Bosnian
Sephardic Jew
learned S. Jewish songs from Grandma
Keeps tradition of songs
Left Bosnia to US because Nazi
Writes own songs too accompanyed by acoustic guitar
Ladino Songs
Songs of the Sephardic Jews of Bosnia, Jlorg Jagoda
Gadulka
Violen-like instrament played vertically
2 sets of strings, top strings played, bottom are sympathetic
played with a bow
Reversed
Bosnian Highlands, Dissonance
Solo -fall off>3singers diverge> chopping>fall off>repeat
- Groups of men or women
- text is gender bias
- sometimes outdoors
- informal
Ganga Singing
Reversed
Bosnian Lowlands
4 sting instrument
plucked
popular with the muslims, serbs, and croats
Sargija
Reversed
Bosnian Lowlands, Pop songs
Melodies are religous but lyrics are secular (often about romantic love)
Popularized by the village girls
Performed with Tamburitza Orchestra sometimes
Sevdalinka
Reversed
Bosnian Lowlands
Orchestra of stringed instraments with Acordian
Tamburitza Orchestra
Reversed
Bulgarian Goat-skin Bagpipes
Gaida
Reversed
Expatriot Bosnian
Sephardic Jew
learned S. Jewish songs from Grandma
Keeps tradition of songs
Left Bosnia to US because Nazi
Writes own songs too accompanyed by acoustic guitar
Florg Jagoda
Reversed
Songs of the Sephardic Jews of Bosnia, Jlorg Jagoda
Ladino Songs