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ÒCharacter of musical culture determined by the interaction of three fundamental ethnic groups:
- Slavs
- Proto-Bulgarians
- Remnants of ancient Thracian population
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starobalgarskivat
old bulgarian church chant influenced by Byzantine chant
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ÒPreservation and development of great cultural diversity aided by:
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The topography of Bulgaria
- Contact between villages was difficult
- Communities were secluded
- Ottoman empire’s rule
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womens work song
- slow sustained non metrical
- resulting sound had intense ringing sound that would reach women working in neighboring plots
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rest songs
- rhythmic and lively
- humorous
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nadpvavane
- singing competition
- singled out couples
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khora/khoro
children's circle of line dances
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ritual songs and ances
- celebrated life cycle events
- such as badni vecher, koleda
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badni vecher
christmas eve
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koleda
men traveling to differnet homes blessing livestock home of family member
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epic singing
- male of female
- single instrumental accompainment line
- hundreds of lines
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epic sings usually recounted legendary escapades of
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since epic singing contianed hundred os lines the were often....
improvised to a few similar, non-metrical melodies
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historical ballads
- took figures and events from more recent past
- many portrayed the deeds of rebel fighters who attacked the ottoman brigades
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mythological ballads
told of mystical being and their human lovers, spirites, demons, faireies
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four main instrument in their folk music:
- 1) kaval
- 2) ovcharska svirka/ tsafara
- 3) duduk
- 4) gayda
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kaval
- instrument
- large range
- timbre is thought to resemble the human voice
- vibrato produced by fingers
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svirka/ tsafara
- smaller version of the kaval
- wood or bone
- modern made from metal
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duduk
- a shepherds plugged whistle flute
- varies in size
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gayda
- used for accompanying wddings and outdoor celebrations
- a bagpipe with a single chanter and drone
- 3 sizes
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instrumental and vocal music were mostly......
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the only indigenous instruments to not produce two-voiced textures
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womens voice were separeted by:
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chist, piskliy
- woman voice devision
- clean, reedy
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debel, mazhen, maten
- womans voice devision
- think, buttery, muddy
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bavni pesni
- slow song
- unpulsed rubato
- improvisatory
- densely ornamented
- included harvest and agricultural songs
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how did the pass on there music?
tranmission?
- by performances
- by face to face time
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was music part of their social life?
yes
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what was a main concern of the music?
the timbre of the voices
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