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ISBN-10
1882383052
Publication Name
GM Books
Type
Paperback
Item Height
11 inches
Item Weight
0.71 pounds
ISBN
9781882383054
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Gmbooks
ISBN-10
1882383052
ISBN-13
9781882383054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
119600080

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Brief History of Serbian Music
Number of Pages
118 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Europe / Eastern
Publication Year
1998
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, History
Author
William Dorich
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in

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Trade
TitleLeading
A
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and the destruction of Serbian nationhood, 500 years of Ottoman slavery ensued in the Balkans with the inevitable decline of the Serbian Orthodox faith and music. During this Turkish occupation, Serbs were forbidden to own property, to learn to read and write and were even denied the use of musical instruments. The Serbs however were tenacious and maintained an oral history through folk poems and songs. The only defenders of Serbian art and culture in these difficult centuries were the peasants who played the Gusle, a one-stringed instrument. As their punishment for playing a musical instrument many of these musicians were blinded by their oppressors resulting in thousands of such punishments. Being denied the right to music or dance, the Serbs invented a silent kolo (dance) in which the syncopation of the pounding feet became a sort of musical accompaniment to the dancers. This dance is still performed today by Serbian people.The great poet and dramatist Goethe so loved the Serbian people, their poetry and folklore that he learned to fluently speak their language. Goethe was also the major influence in encouraging Brahms, Loewe, and Josef Maria Wolfram to create musical compositions based on Serbian folk poems and literature. Brahms' famous lullaby is derived from a Serbian folk poem.When the Jews fled Spain the Serbs provided a hospitable environment in which the Jews resettled and prospered. The oldest Jewish Choir in the modern world is in Belgrade.The formation of the Pancevo Church Choral Society in 1838 and the Belgrade Choral Society in 1853 resulted in each becoming centers for nurturing young talent. The first music schools were founded through the efforts of these choral societies. The Brilliant work of Serbian composers like Bajic, Stankovic, Mokranjac, Marinkovic, maksimovic, Djordjevic and Binicki accomplished in a hundred years what other cultures had the luxury of creating in several centuries. This books covers the history of over 40 of these composers.

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