Balkan music:
The music of Southeastern Europe or Balkan music is a type of music distinct from others in Europe. This is mainly because it was influenced by traditional music of the Southeastern European ethnic groups and mutual music influences of this ethnic groups in the period of Ottoman Empire. The music is sometimes characterised by complex rhythm.
Despite the common influences, there are some differences among the region - the music of the Slavic countries differs from the music of Greece or the music of Romania.
The music of the Slavic countries of southeastern Europe is quite significantly different from that the music of Eastern Europe, which includes the Slavic states of the former USSR. The latter was much more influenced by the common eastern Slavic culture, notably by Kievan Rus and more recently the USSR.
[edit] Neighboring musical influences
[edit] Byzantine medieval music
Byzantine traditional music is associated with the medieval sacred chant of Christian Churches following the Constantinopolitan rite. The development of large scale hymnographic forms begins in the fifth century with the rise of the kontakion, a long and elaborate metrical sermon, which finds its acme in the work of St. Romanos the Melodos (sixth century). Heirmoi in syllabic style are gathered in the Heirmologion, a bulky volume which first appeared in the middle of the tenth century and contains over a thousand model troparia arranged into an oktoechos (the eight-mode musical system).
[edit] Ottoman music
- Main articles: Ottoman music
Dimitrie Cantemir was a composer of Ottoman music. Many musical instruments were introduced to the Balkans during the time of Ottoman control, but many Ottoman instruments were borrowed from the locals.
"Balkan" is a Turkish word which means sharp mountains. As this the influence of Mehter and Turkish rhythms can be seen in Balkan Music. In the 19th century in imitation of the Turkish military bands which replaced the Mehterhane formations of Janissary Turks beginning in 1828. Apparently, as in Turkey, they dethroned the ancient traditional oboe (zurna, zurla, or mizmar) and double-membraned drum ensembles.
[edit] Pre-modern Balkan music
[edit] Traditional Serbian music
The medieval era in Serbia traditional music. During the Nemanjic dynasty, musicians played an important role in the royal court, and were known as sviralnici, glumci and praskavnici. Other rulers known for the musical patronage included Stefan Dušan, Stefan Lazarević, and Đurađ Branković. Medieval musical instruments included horns, trumpets, lutes, psalteries, drums and cymbals. Traditional folk instruments include various kinds of bagpipes (Gaida), flutes, diple, tamburitza and gusle.
[edit] Derivatives and offshoots
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[edit] Progressive Balkan folk
Progressive Balkan folk has seen rise in many western countries, particularly the United States. It has had its greatest success in large urbanized areas and cities in the United States such as Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York. It is most commonly played at local alternative coffee houses or at tribal fusion dance conventions. The bellydancer Rachel Brice has been known for her delicate obsession with this form of music in her shows and with her tours with The Indigo Girls. While tribal fusion bellydancing costume does not necessarily draw influence from Southeastern European costume, Rachel Brice incorporates sashes reminiscent of native folk. Though relatively obscure, the group The Toids are the headliners of the genre. The Yard Dogs Road Show are also influential.
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[edit] Composers
- Edmond Zhulali brth 1959 - the first composer in Eurovision Song Contest for 1 time, 2004
- Adrian Hila brth 1969 - 3 time in Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 2007, 2008
- Klodian Qafoku brth 1980 - 1 time as composer in Eurovision Song Contest 2006
- Ivo Papazov
- Teodosii Spasov
- Veselin Ivanov
- Dani Milev
- Stojan Jankulov
- Elica Todorova
- Dino Dervišhalidović
- Adi Mulahalilović
- Sinan Alimanović
- Adnan Bajramović
- Ines Prajo
- Elvir Laković
- Šemsa Suljaković
- Šerif Konjević
- Nikola Amir Nino Resić
- Kemal Malovčić
- Esad Plavi
- Dado Polumenta
- Sako Polumenta
- Đorđe Novković
- Željen Klašterka
- Tonči Huljić
- Zrinko Tutić
- Davor Tolja
- Petar Grašo
- Zdenko Runjić
- Andrej Babić
- Ivan Mikulić
- Franjo Valentić
- Boris Novković
- Dado Topić
- Martin Ďurinda
- Juraj Burian
- Gabriel Dušík
- Bilja Krstić
- Goran Bregović
- Sanja Ilić
- Belo Platno
- Slaven Knezović
- Željko Joksimović
- Vladimir Graić
- Lepa Brena
- Ceca Raznatovic
- Dragana Mirkovic
- Zeljko Samardzic
- Šaban Šaulić
- Seka Aleksić
- Dara Bubamara
- Viki Miljković
- Suzana Jovanović
- Jelena Karleuša
- Jana
- Saša Matić
- Dejan Matić
- Mile Kitić
- Miloš Bojanić
- Indira Radić
- Goga Sekulić
- Halid Muslimović
- Haris Džinović
- Rade Lacković
- Aca Lukas
- Mitar Mirić
- Sanja Đorđević
- Stoja
- Tanja Savić
- Aco Pejović
- Ana Bekuta
- Nedeljko Bajić Baja
- Boban Rajović
- Danijela Vranić
- Tina Ivanović
- Maja Marijana
- Funky G
- Džogani
- Džani
- Dragan Kojić Keba
- Luna
- Nada Topčagić
- Sanja Maletić
- Viki Miljković
- Šeki Turković
[edit] NORWAY
- Rakija
- Farmers Market
- Jovan Pavlović
- Gypsy Tunes
- Grigor Koprov
- Boban Rajović
- Mustafa Kandıralı
- Atilla Özdemiroğlu
- Melih Kibar
- Timur Selçuk
- Ali Kocatepe
- Mircea Baniciu
- Dan Bittman
- Viorel Gavrila
- Marcel Dragomir
- Adrian Enescu
- Horia Moculescu
- Marius Moga
- Adrian Romcescu
- Anton Suteu
- Marius Teicu
- Mircea Vintila
[edit] Musical groups
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