Balkan music
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Maps of the Balkans
There are basically two interpretations of what the Balkans are: a narrow one, including only countries around the Balkan mountains, south of the Danube, and a broader interpretation which includes areas north of the Danube and part or whole of the Anatolian peninsula as well[1].
These two interpretations are illustrated with the following two maps.
Map of the Balkans in narrow sense
The narrow interpretation includes mostly the Western Balkans and currently European countries.
Map of the Balkans in broadest sense
Musically (and historically) there are many close relationships between the countries included in this Balkans map.
Music clips
Dum daga duma daga (Romania Roma) · excerpt
Gusta mi magla padnala (Kosovo)
Još ne sviće rujna zora (Montenegro)
Jovano, Jovanke (Macedonia)
Modern rock remix of Jovano, Jovanke (Macedonia)
Modern pop remix of Jovano, Jovanke (Macedonia)
Modern folk remix of Jovano, Jovanke (Macedonia)
Karanfilče devojče (Kosovo) · female choir
Ma făcut muma frumoasă (northeastern Serbia Vlach) · modernised
Udade se Živka Sirinićka (Kosovo)
Žali Zare (southeastern Serbia)
- See English translation of lyrics (note nasal singing)
Documentaries
Bosnian Sevdah
| Sevdah part 1 | Sevdah part 2 |
| Sevdah part 3 | Sevdah part 4 |
| Sevdah part 5 | Sevdah part 6 |
- BBC documentary on Bosnian Sevdah music, including the famous music performed by the Mostar Sevdah Reunion.
Greek Rembetika
| Rembetika part 1 | Rembetika part 2 |
| Rembetika part 3 | Rembetika part 4 |
| Rembetika part 5 | Rembetika part 6 |
| Rembetika part 7 | Rembetika part 8 |
| Rembetika part 9 | Rembetika part 10 |
- Comprehensive BBC documentary on Greek Rembetika (also called Rebetika) music, its history and historical and political context.
Films
| Whose is this song? |
- Whose is this song? by Adela Peeva· about different perceptions of national character of a song. (1 hr 10 min)
- The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago about music of Serbian emigrants to USA.
