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Music of Bulgaria

January 01, 1970

The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.

Classical music, opera, and ballet are represented by composers Emanuil Manolov, Pancho Vladigerov and Georgi Atanasov and singers Ghena Dimitrova, Mariana Paunova, Boris Hristov, Raina Kabaivanska and Nicolai Ghiaurov.[1][2][3][4] Notable names from the contemporary pop scene are Lili Ivanova, Emil Dimitrov and Vasil Naydenov. Prominent Bulgarian artists living abroad include Sylvie Vartan, Kristian Kostov, Philipp Kirkorov, Lucy Diakovska, Mira Aroyo, Mikhael Paskalev, Nora Nova, Vasko Vassilev and Ivo Papazov.

The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir has received a Grammy Award in 1990.[5] The Philip Kutev Ensemble, the first of the Bulgarian state-sponsored folk ensembles and founded in 1951, also is featured on the 1990 Grammy-winning album and has had many well-known Bulgarian folk singers, including, at present, Neli Andreeva and Sorina Bogomilova. Rhodope folk singer Valya Balkanska has recorded the folk song "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin", which was included on the Golden Disk sent into space with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977.

Instruments edit

 
Gadulka

Bulgarian music uses a wide range of instruments. Some folk instruments are variants of traditional Asian instruments such as the "Saz" (Bulgarian tambura), or the kemençe (Bulgarian gadulka). More modern style instruments are often used in the modern dance music that is an offshoot of traditional village music.

Bulgarian folk bands, called bitovi, use instruments that commonly include

  • The daire was a tambourine of varna folk music of eastern balkans of Bulgarian traditional musical instruments of rhopode regions closed was a sleigh bells or tambourine and big daire.
  • The gaida, a traditional goat-skin bagpipe. There are two common types of gaida. The Thracian gaida is tuned either in D or in A. The Rhodopean gaida, called the kaba gaida, is larger, has a much deeper sound and is tuned in F.
  • The kaval, an end-blown flute is very close to the Turkish kaval, as well as the Arabic "Ney."
  • The gadulka, a bowed stringed instrument perhaps descended from the rebec, held vertically, with melody and sympathetic strings. The bass gadulka has largely been replaced by the double bass (called in Bulgarian a contrabas).
  • The tǔpan, a large drum worn over the shoulder by the player and hit with a beater ("kiyak") on one side and a thin stick ("osier") on the other.
  • The tambura, a long-necked, metal-strung, fretted lute used for rhythmic accompaniment as well as melodic solos. It is somewhat like the Greek bouzouki and very similar to the Tamburica family's "alto" instrument, the brac.
  • The tarambuka or dumbek, an hourglass-shaped finger-drum. It is very similar to the Macedonia and Serbia "darambuka" and the Bulgaria"Tarambuka" (Тарамбука).

Modern professional musicians soon reached new heights of innovation in using traditional Bulgarian instruments, by expanding the capacities of the gaida (Kostadin Varimezov and Nikola Atanasov Plamen Deyanski), gadulka (Mihail Marinov, Atanas Vulchev Ganka, Zhechko tenev) and kaval (Stoyan Chobanov, Nikola Ganchev, Stoyan Velichkov, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Theodosii Spassov. Other instruments arrived in Bulgaria in the 19th century, including the accordion and the clarinet. Bulgarian accordion music was defined by Boris Karlov and later Roma musicians including Kosta Kolev and Ibro Lolov ,Boshko.

In 1965, the Ministry of Culture founded the Koprivshtitsa National Music Festival, which has become an important event in showcasing Bulgarian music, singing and dance. It is held once every five years, and the last festival was 7–9 August 2015.

Instruments used in wedding music include violin, accordion, gaida, kaval, tapan, Tambura, guitar and Piano.

Folk edit

Not to be confused with § Chalga.
 
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices

Regional styles abound in Bulgaria. Northern Bulgaria, Dobruja, Shopluk, Thrace, Strandzha, Macedonia and Rhodopes - all have distinctive sounds.

Some folk music revolves around holidays like Christmas, New Year's Day, midsummer, and the Feast of St. Lazarus, as well as the Strandzha region's unusual Nestinarstvo rites, in which villagers fall into a trance and dance on hot coals as part of the joint feast of Sts Konstantin and Elena on 21 May. Music is also a part of more personal celebrations such as weddings.

Singing has always been a tradition for both men and women. Songs were often sung by women at work parties such as the sedenka (often attended by young men and women in search of partners to court), betrothal ceremonies, and just for fun. Women also had an extensive repertoire of songs that they sang while working in the fields.

 
Folklore regions of Bulgaria

Young women eligible for marriage played a particularly important role at the dancing in the village square (which not too long ago was the major form of "entertainment" in the village and was a very important social scene). The dancing — every Sunday and for three days on major holidays like Easter — began not with instrumental music, but with two groups of young women singing, one leading each end of the dance line. Later on, instrumentalists might arrive and the singers would no longer lead the dance. A special form of song, the lament, was sung not only at funerals but also when young men departed for military service.

Bulgarian folk music is known for its asymmetrical rhythms (defined by the famous Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók as "Bulgarian rhythms"), where meter is split into uneven combinations of short (two metric units) and long (three metric units) beats, corresponding to the dancers' short and long steps. In European folk music, such asymmetrical rhythms are commonly used in Bulgaria, Greece, elsewhere in the Balkans, and less commonly in Norway and Sweden.

The most important state-supported folk ensemble of the socialist era was the Sofia-based State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances, founded in 1951 and led by Philip Koutev. Koutev became perhaps the most influential musician of 20th century Bulgaria, and arranged rural music with harmonies more "accessible" to audiences in other countries, to great domestic acclaim. The ensemble has now been renamed the Philip Kutev Ensemble in his honor. In 1952, Georgi Boyadzhiev founded the group known today as the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, which became famous worldwide after the release of a series of recordings entitled Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.

The distinctive sounds of women's choirs in Bulgarian folk music come from their unique rhythms, harmony and vocal production. Characteristic polyphony, such as the use of close intervals like the major second and the singing of a drone accompaniment underneath the melody, are especially common in songs from the Shope region around the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Pirin region (Bulgarian Macedonia). In addition to the ensemble led by Koutev, who adapted and arranged many of the harmonies, and composed several songs (as did his wife, Maria Kouteva) that were also performed by other groups, other women's vocal groups gained popularity, including Trio Bulgarka, consisting of Yanka Rupkina, Eva Georgieva, and Stoyanka Boneva. Some of these groups were included in the "Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices" tours.

Trio Bulgarka were featured on The Sensual World album by Kate Bush on the songs "Deeper Understanding", "Never Be Mine", and "Rocket's Tail".[6] In 1993 they appeared on another Kate Bush album, The Red Shoes, in the songs "You're the One", "The Song of Solomon", and "Why Should I Love You?", which also featured Prince.

Asymmetric meters edit

Main article: Bulgarian dances
 
Bulgarian folk dances in Brussels, invited by the Bulgaria's EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva

One of the most distinctive features of Bulgarian folk music is the complexity of its rhythms in comparison to Western music. Although it uses Western meters such as 2
4, 3
4, and 4
4, Bulgarian music also includes meters with odd numbers of beats per measure, sometimes called asymmetric meters. These can be understood as combinations of groups of "quick" and "slow" beats. For example, the dance lesnoto ("the light/easy one") has a meter of seven beats with emphasis on the first, fourth, and sixth. This can be divided into three groups, a "slow" unit of three beats and two "quick" units of two beats, often written 3+2+2.

Each basic folk dance type uses a distinct combination of these rhythmic "units". Some examples of Bulgarian folk dances are rachenitsa (seven beats divided: 2+2+3), paydushko horo (five beats: 2+3), eleno mome (seven beats: 2+2+1+2), kopanitsa (eleven beats: 2+2+3+2+2), Bucimis (15 beats: 2+2+2+2+3+2+2), and pravo horo, which can either be standard 4
4 or 6
8.

Some rhythms with the same number of beats can be divided in different ways. Eight-beat rhythms can be divided 2+3+3, 3+2+3, 3+3+2, 2+2+2+2, 2+2+4, 2+4+2, 4+2+2 or 4+4.

Select discography edit

  • Music of Bulgaria – Original 1955 Recording (Nonesuch 9 72011). Early recordings of Philip Koutev and the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic. This was one of Frank Zappa's favorite albums, and Bulgarian harmonies reportedly influenced the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.[7]
  • Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares – (Nonesuch 9 79165 in the U.S.; 4AD Records CAD603CD in the UK). Featuring the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Choir. This is the world hit that introduced many to Bulgarian music. It is actually a collection of recordings by various artists and groups. A group that included some of these singers (and others) toured under this name.
  • Village Music of Bulgaria – (Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79195). Two albums of field recordings by Martin Koenig on one CD (A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride, and In the Shadow of the Mountain). One of the tracks, a recording of "Izlel je Delyo Hajdutin", was included by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on the Voyager Golden Record.
  • A song from the Rhodope Mountains, "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" by Valya Balkanska – Part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music, included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.*Balkana The Music of Bulgaria – (Hannibal HNCD 1335). Many of the songs are by Trio Bulgarka or one of its members.
  • The Forest is Crying (Lament for Indje Voivoda) – (Hannibal HNCD 1342). By the Trio Bulgarka.
  • Two Girls Started to Sing ... Bulgarian Village Singing – (Rounder CD 1055). Field recordings.
  • Bulgarian Soul – Bulgarian operatic mezzo Vesselina Kasarova sings Bulgarian folk songs with the Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria. Songs are arranged by the Bulgarian composer Krassimir Kyurkchiyski and accompanied by the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra.

Select artists and groups edit

Orthodox edit

The tradition of church singing in Bulgaria is more than a thousand years old, and can be traced back to the early Middle Ages. One of the earliest known musical figures (composer, singer and musical reformer) of Medieval Europe John Kukuzel (1280–1360), known as The Angel-voiced for his singing abilities, has Bulgarian origins.

In the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, there are two traditions of church singing:

  • Eastern monodic (one-voice) singing and choral (Polyphonic). The Eastern monodic singing observes the tradition of Greek and Byzantine music and the requirements of the eight-tones canon of the Eastern Orthodox chanting.
  • The second tradition is rooted in choral church music, established during the 19th century, when Russian choral church music began to have an influence in Bulgaria. During the 19th and 20th century, many Bulgarian composers created their works in the spirit of Russian polyphony. Today, Orthodox music is alive and is performed both during church worship services and at concerts by secular choirs and soloists.

The following list shows contemporary Bulgarian choirs and singers that have a repertoire rooted in orthodox music:

Classical edit

 
Raina Kabaivanska in Tosca, Madrid 2004

Popular edit

Some of the most popular artists include:

Chalga edit

Main article: Chalga

Chalga (pop-folk) is a contemporary music style that combines often provocative Bulgarian lyrics with popular Eastern European (rarely Russian and Ukrainian) and Turkish music. It is the Bulgarian version of the corresponding variations in neighbouring countries such as Greece (Laïkó), Serbia (Turbofolk) or Romania (manele).

This subgenre is rather a mixture of synthpop, chalga and gypsy music with Bulgarian wedding motives. Yuri Yunakov, a Bulgarian Romani saxophonist, is one of its creators with clarinetist Ivo Papazov. The album New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music highlights his amalgamation of traditional Bulgarian music with more modern elements.

During the Communist era, some folk musicians lived outside the state-supported music scene. Without official support, wedding bands were also without official limitations on their music, leading to fusions with foreign styles and instruments. Thrace was an important center of this music, which was entirely underground until 1986, when a festival of this music, which became a biennial event, was inaugurated in the town of Stambolovo, and artists like Sever, Trakiîski Solisti, Shoumen and Juzhni Vetar became popular, especially clarinetist Ivo Papasov.

Select artists edit

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Bulgarian musicians and singers.

Jazz edit

 
Theodosii Spassov performing

Electronic edit

Rap edit

Rock, metal and new wave edit

Punk and funk edit

Reggae edit

  • Sen I
  • Zafayah
  • Jahmmi Youth
  • Roots Rocket Band
  • Merudia
  • Rebelites
  • NRG D
  • Ragga one
  • Samity
  • Root Souljah
  • Kaya

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Bulgarian National Radio. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Ghena Dimitrova". The Telegraph. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ Forbes, Elizabeth (29 June 1993). "Obituary: Boris Christoff". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. ^ Kozinn, Allan (29 June 1993). "Boris Christoff, Bass, Dies at 79; Esteemed for His Boris Godunov". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ^ "32nd Grammy Awards Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  6. ^ Kate Bush and Trio Bulgarka interview. YouTube.com (11 March 1989). Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ Miles, Barry (2005). Zappa: A Biography. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8021-4215-3.

Further reading edit

  • Burton, Kim. "The Mystery Voice". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 36–45. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
  • Forsyth, Martha (1996). Listen, Daughter and Remember Well...: The Songs and Life of Línka Gékova Gérgova from the Village of Bístritsa. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press. ISBN 954-07-0765-X.
  • Rice, Timothy (1994) May It Fill Your Soul: Experiencing Bulgarian Music
  • Vollan, Ståle Tvete. "Bulgarsk folkemusikk — musikktradisjon og feltarbeid". 1999. Trondheim, Norway. Master Thesis in Musicology + 1 CD, NTNU .

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The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria including classical folk popular music and other forms Classical music opera and ballet are represented by composers Emanuil Manolov Pancho Vladigerov and Georgi Atanasov and singers Ghena Dimitrova Mariana Paunova Boris Hristov Raina Kabaivanska and Nicolai Ghiaurov 1 2 3 4 Notable names from the contemporary pop scene are Lili Ivanova Emil Dimitrov and Vasil Naydenov Prominent Bulgarian artists living abroad include Sylvie Vartan Kristian Kostov Philipp Kirkorov Lucy Diakovska Mira Aroyo Mikhael Paskalev Nora Nova Vasko Vassilev and Ivo Papazov The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir has received a Grammy Award in 1990 5 The Philip Kutev Ensemble the first of the Bulgarian state sponsored folk ensembles and founded in 1951 also is featured on the 1990 Grammy winning album and has had many well known Bulgarian folk singers including at present Neli Andreeva and Sorina Bogomilova Rhodope folk singer Valya Balkanska has recorded the folk song Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin which was included on the Golden Disk sent into space with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977 Contents 1 Instruments 2 Folk 2 1 Asymmetric meters 2 2 Select discography 2 3 Select artists and groups 3 Orthodox 4 Classical 5 Popular 5 1 Chalga 6 Select artists 6 1 Jazz 6 2 Electronic 6 3 Rap 6 4 Rock metal and new wave 6 5 Punk and funk 6 6 Reggae 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksInstruments edit nbsp Gadulka Bulgarian music uses a wide range of instruments Some folk instruments are variants of traditional Asian instruments such as the Saz Bulgarian tambura or the kemence Bulgarian gadulka More modern style instruments are often used in the modern dance music that is an offshoot of traditional village music Bulgarian folk bands called bitovi use instruments that commonly include The daire was a tambourine of varna folk music of eastern balkans of Bulgarian traditional musical instruments of rhopode regions closed was a sleigh bells or tambourine and big daire The Accordion is closed keyboard instrument of rhopode region and strandja regions of Bulgaria keyboard instruments was bayan and the concertina The gaida a traditional goat skin bagpipe There are two common types of gaida The Thracian gaida is tuned either in D or in A The Rhodopean gaida called the kaba gaida is larger has a much deeper sound and is tuned in F The kaval an end blown flute is very close to the Turkish kaval as well as the Arabic Ney The gadulka a bowed stringed instrument perhaps descended from the rebec held vertically with melody and sympathetic strings The bass gadulka has largely been replaced by the double bass called in Bulgarian a contrabas The tǔpan a large drum worn over the shoulder by the player and hit with a beater kiyak on one side and a thin stick osier on the other The tambura a long necked metal strung fretted lute used for rhythmic accompaniment as well as melodic solos It is somewhat like the Greek bouzouki and very similar to the Tamburica family s alto instrument the brac The tarambuka or dumbek an hourglass shaped finger drum It is very similar to the Macedonia and Serbia darambuka and the Bulgaria Tarambuka Tarambuka Modern professional musicians soon reached new heights of innovation in using traditional Bulgarian instruments by expanding the capacities of the gaida Kostadin Varimezov and Nikola Atanasov Plamen Deyanski gadulka Mihail Marinov Atanas Vulchev Ganka Zhechko tenev and kaval Stoyan Chobanov Nikola Ganchev Stoyan Velichkov Nedyalko Nedyalkov Theodosii Spassov Other instruments arrived in Bulgaria in the 19th century including the accordion and the clarinet Bulgarian accordion music was defined by Boris Karlov and later Roma musicians including Kosta Kolev and Ibro Lolov Boshko In 1965 the Ministry of Culture founded the Koprivshtitsa National Music Festival which has become an important event in showcasing Bulgarian music singing and dance It is held once every five years and the last festival was 7 9 August 2015 Instruments used in wedding music include violin accordion gaida kaval tapan Tambura guitar and Piano Folk editNot to be confused with Chalga nbsp The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices Regional styles abound in Bulgaria Northern Bulgaria Dobruja Shopluk Thrace Strandzha Macedonia and Rhodopes all have distinctive sounds Some folk music revolves around holidays like Christmas New Year s Day midsummer and the Feast of St Lazarus as well as the Strandzha region s unusual Nestinarstvo rites in which villagers fall into a trance and dance on hot coals as part of the joint feast of Sts Konstantin and Elena on 21 May Music is also a part of more personal celebrations such as weddings Singing has always been a tradition for both men and women Songs were often sung by women at work parties such as the sedenka often attended by young men and women in search of partners to court betrothal ceremonies and just for fun Women also had an extensive repertoire of songs that they sang while working in the fields nbsp Folklore regions of Bulgaria Young women eligible for marriage played a particularly important role at the dancing in the village square which not too long ago was the major form of entertainment in the village and was a very important social scene The dancing every Sunday and for three days on major holidays like Easter began not with instrumental music but with two groups of young women singing one leading each end of the dance line Later on instrumentalists might arrive and the singers would no longer lead the dance A special form of song the lament was sung not only at funerals but also when young men departed for military service Bulgarian folk music is known for its asymmetrical rhythms defined by the famous Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartok as Bulgarian rhythms where meter is split into uneven combinations of short two metric units and long three metric units beats corresponding to the dancers short and long steps In European folk music such asymmetrical rhythms are commonly used in Bulgaria Greece elsewhere in the Balkans and less commonly in Norway and Sweden The most important state supported folk ensemble of the socialist era was the Sofia based State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances founded in 1951 and led by Philip Koutev Koutev became perhaps the most influential musician of 20th century Bulgaria and arranged rural music with harmonies more accessible to audiences in other countries to great domestic acclaim The ensemble has now been renamed the Philip Kutev Ensemble in his honor In 1952 Georgi Boyadzhiev founded the group known today as the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir which became famous worldwide after the release of a series of recordings entitled Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares The distinctive sounds of women s choirs in Bulgarian folk music come from their unique rhythms harmony and vocal production Characteristic polyphony such as the use of close intervals like the major second and the singing of a drone accompaniment underneath the melody are especially common in songs from the Shope region around the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Pirin region Bulgarian Macedonia In addition to the ensemble led by Koutev who adapted and arranged many of the harmonies and composed several songs as did his wife Maria Kouteva that were also performed by other groups other women s vocal groups gained popularity including Trio Bulgarka consisting of Yanka Rupkina Eva Georgieva and Stoyanka Boneva Some of these groups were included in the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices tours Trio Bulgarka were featured on The Sensual World album by Kate Bush on the songs Deeper Understanding Never Be Mine and Rocket s Tail 6 In 1993 they appeared on another Kate Bush album The Red Shoes in the songs You re the One The Song of Solomon and Why Should I Love You which also featured Prince Asymmetric meters edit Main article Bulgarian dances nbsp Bulgarian folk dances in Brussels invited by the Bulgaria s EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva One of the most distinctive features of Bulgarian folk music is the complexity of its rhythms in comparison to Western music Although it uses Western meters such as 24 34 and 44 Bulgarian music also includes meters with odd numbers of beats per measure sometimes called asymmetric meters These can be understood as combinations of groups of quick and slow beats For example the dance lesnoto the light easy one has a meter of seven beats with emphasis on the first fourth and sixth This can be divided into three groups a slow unit of three beats and two quick units of two beats often written 3 2 2 Each basic folk dance type uses a distinct combination of these rhythmic units Some examples of Bulgarian folk dances are rachenitsa seven beats divided 2 2 3 paydushko horo five beats 2 3 eleno mome seven beats 2 2 1 2 kopanitsa eleven beats 2 2 3 2 2 Bucimis 15 beats 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 and pravo horo which can either be standard 44 or 68 Some rhythms with the same number of beats can be divided in different ways Eight beat rhythms can be divided 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 or 4 4 Select discography edit Music of Bulgaria Original 1955 Recording Nonesuch 9 72011 Early recordings of Philip Koutev and the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic This was one of Frank Zappa s favorite albums and Bulgarian harmonies reportedly influenced the harmonies of Crosby Stills Nash amp Young 7 Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Nonesuch 9 79165 in the U S 4AD Records CAD603CD in the UK Featuring the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Choir This is the world hit that introduced many to Bulgarian music It is actually a collection of recordings by various artists and groups A group that included some of these singers and others toured under this name Village Music of Bulgaria Elektra Nonesuch 9 79195 Two albums of field recordings by Martin Koenig on one CD A Harvest a Shepherd a Bride and In the Shadow of the Mountain One of the tracks a recording of Izlel je Delyo Hajdutin was included by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on the Voyager Golden Record A song from the Rhodope Mountains Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin by Valya Balkanska Part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977 Balkana The Music of Bulgaria Hannibal HNCD 1335 Many of the songs are by Trio Bulgarka or one of its members The Forest is Crying Lament for Indje Voivoda Hannibal HNCD 1342 By the Trio Bulgarka Two Girls Started to Sing Bulgarian Village Singing Rounder CD 1055 Field recordings Bulgarian Soul Bulgarian operatic mezzo Vesselina Kasarova sings Bulgarian folk songs with the Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria Songs are arranged by the Bulgarian composer Krassimir Kyurkchiyski and accompanied by the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra Select artists and groups edit Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Cosmic voices from Bulgaria Trio Bulgarka Yanka Rupkina Valkana Stoyanova Valya Balkanska Stefka Sabotinova Nikolina Chakardakova Neli Andreeva Nedialka Keranova Diko Iliev compose Danube horo and other Filip Kutev Iliya Argirov Bulgare ensemble Daniel Spassov Svetoglas Neshka Robeva s spectacles Kostadin Gugov London Bulgarian Choir Kitka based in Berkeley California Nadka Karadjova Vulkana Stoyanova The Grannies From Bistritsa Oratnitza contemporary band with folk influences Outhentic contemporary ethno jazz band Iliya Lukov Elitsa amp Stoyan contemporary electronic folk duo Filip Kutev ensembleOrthodox editThe tradition of church singing in Bulgaria is more than a thousand years old and can be traced back to the early Middle Ages One of the earliest known musical figures composer singer and musical reformer of Medieval Europe John Kukuzel 1280 1360 known as The Angel voiced for his singing abilities has Bulgarian origins In the Bulgarian Orthodox Church there are two traditions of church singing Eastern monodic one voice singing and choral Polyphonic The Eastern monodic singing observes the tradition of Greek and Byzantine music and the requirements of the eight tones canon of the Eastern Orthodox chanting The second tradition is rooted in choral church music established during the 19th century when Russian choral church music began to have an influence in Bulgaria During the 19th and 20th century many Bulgarian composers created their works in the spirit of Russian polyphony Today Orthodox music is alive and is performed both during church worship services and at concerts by secular choirs and soloists The following list shows contemporary Bulgarian choirs and singers that have a repertoire rooted in orthodox music St Alexandar Nevsky Cathedral Choir Madrigal Chamber Choir Sofia Boys Choir Sofia Orthodox Choir Svetoglas Sofia Priest Choir Yoan Kukuzel Choir Opera singer Boris Hristov Opera singer Nikola GhuzelevClassical editAlexandra Fol Alexandrina Pendachanska Mihail Angelov Liudmil Angelov Anatoli Krastev Anna Tomowa Sintow Anna Maria Ravnopolska Dean Ari Leschnikoff actual name Asparuh Leschnikoff Boris Christoff Dobri Hristov Dobrin Petkov Dobrinka Tabakova Emil Tabakov Emil Tchakarov Georgi Tutev Ghena Dimitrova Gheorghi Arnaoudov Hristo Tsanoff Konstantin Iliev Mariana Paunova Milen Nachev Nayden Todorov Neva Krysteva Nicola Ghiuzelev Nicolai Ghiaurov Pancho Vladigerov Petko Dimitrov Raina Kabaivanska Ralitsa Tcholakova Rossen Milanov Svetla Protich Veneta Vicheva Vesselina Kasarova New Symphony Orchestra nbsp Raina Kabaivanska in Tosca Madrid 2004Popular editSome of the most popular artists include Lili Ivanova Emil Dimitrov Vasil Naydenov Bogdana Karadocheva Pasha Hristova Mariya Neikova Lea Dimitrova Desi Dobreva Yordanka Hristova Margarita Hranova Riton Duet Todor Kolev Tonika Rositsa Kirilova Silvia Katsarova Stenli Veselin Marinov Diana Ekspress Grafa Karizma Miro Maria Ilieva Irina Florin Mariana Popova Mihaela Fileva Poli Genova Ruth Koleva Svetla Ivanova Mary Boys Band Rushi Vidinliev Shturcite FSB band Bo Bo Bo band Boris Godjunov Borislav Grancharov and Boyan Ivanov pop vocal trio Ice Cream band Stefan Valdobrev Chalga edit Main article Chalga Chalga pop folk is a contemporary music style that combines often provocative Bulgarian lyrics with popular Eastern European rarely Russian and Ukrainian and Turkish music It is the Bulgarian version of the corresponding variations in neighbouring countries such as Greece Laiko Serbia Turbofolk or Romania manele This subgenre is rather a mixture of synthpop chalga and gypsy music with Bulgarian wedding motives Yuri Yunakov a Bulgarian Romani saxophonist is one of its creators with clarinetist Ivo Papazov The album New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music highlights his amalgamation of traditional Bulgarian music with more modern elements During the Communist era some folk musicians lived outside the state supported music scene Without official support wedding bands were also without official limitations on their music leading to fusions with foreign styles and instruments Thrace was an important center of this music which was entirely underground until 1986 when a festival of this music which became a biennial event was inaugurated in the town of Stambolovo and artists like Sever Trakiiski Solisti Shoumen and Juzhni Vetar became popular especially clarinetist Ivo Papasov Select artists editFor a more comprehensive list see List of Bulgarian musicians and singers Azis Anelia Gloria Galena Desi Slava Emilia Ivana Kamelia Preslava Gergana Slavi Trifonov and Ku Ku Band Sofi Marinova Jazz edit Ruth Koleva Theodosii Spassov Ivo Papazov Camellia Todorova Jivko Petrov Yildiz Ibrahimova Hilda Kazasyan Vasil Petrov Simeon Venkov Moni Miroslav Ivanov Veselin Veselinov Eko Michail Yossifov Milcho Leviev Rossen Zahariev Anatoly Vapirov Hristo Yotzov Antoni Rikev Nikolay Danev Tri O FIve nbsp Theodosii Spassov performing Electronic edit Deep Zone Project Esem Shamanez Mira Aroyo of Ladytron Valdi Sabev Apo amp Nevena Gravity Co Ivan Shopov Stephan Panev Michail Goleminov Bulgaro Tibetan hearts KiNK Rap edit Misho Shamara Spens Upsurt 100 Kila Krisko Homelesz Keranov Manata Jluch Qvkata DLG Grigovor Logo5 Mr Freesk F O Jay Soni Bonanza Wosh MC Sekta Skandau Fyre V rgo Rock metal and new wave edit Ahat Akaga Georgi Minchev Signal FSB Formatsia Studio Balkanton Shturcite Hipodil Milena Slavova Balkandji Bandaracite Barabi Blues Band B F H BTR D 2 Epizod Grimaze Monolith Nova Generacia Obraten Efekt Ostava Analgin Kontrol Kukeri Poduene Blues Band Srebyrnite grivni Tangra Wickeda Impulse Faktor Odd Crew Review Punk and funk edit Novi Tsvetya New Flowers D D T Sub Zero Farm Viperfish The Scroletics Brothers in Blood U Z Z U Akaga Reggae edit Sen I Zafayah Jahmmi Youth Roots Rocket Band Merudia Rebelites NRG D Ragga one Samity Root Souljah KayaSee also editMusic of Thrace Bistritsa BabiReferences edit The 2011 2012 season of the National Opera and Ballet House Bulgarian National Radio 25 October 2011 Archived from the original on 23 June 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2011 Obituary Ghena Dimitrova The Telegraph 13 June 2005 Retrieved 20 December 2011 Forbes Elizabeth 29 June 1993 Obituary Boris Christoff The Independent Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 Retrieved 20 December 2011 Kozinn Allan 29 June 1993 Boris Christoff Bass Dies at 79 Esteemed for His Boris Godunov The New York Times Retrieved 20 December 2011 32nd Grammy Awards Winners Grammy Awards Retrieved 4 December 2011 Kate Bush and Trio Bulgarka interview YouTube com 11 March 1989 Retrieved 23 August 2019 Miles Barry 2005 Zappa A Biography Grove Atlantic Inc p 121 ISBN 978 0 8021 4215 3 Further reading editBurton Kim The Mystery Voice 2000 In Broughton Simon and Ellingham Mark with McConnachie James and Duane Orla Ed World Music Vol 1 Africa Europe and the Middle East pp 36 45 Rough Guides Ltd Penguin Books ISBN 1 85828 636 0 Forsyth Martha 1996 Listen Daughter and Remember Well The Songs and Life of Linka Gekova Gergova from the Village of Bistritsa Sofia St Kliment Ohridski University Press ISBN 954 07 0765 X Rice Timothy 1994 May It Fill Your Soul Experiencing Bulgarian Music Vollan Stale Tvete Bulgarsk folkemusikk musikktradisjon og feltarbeid 1999 Trondheim Norway Master Thesis in Musicology 1 CD NTNU More info External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Music of Bulgaria Bulgarian folk music for dances Bulgarian folk workshop Bulgarian music at Curlie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Music of Bulgaria amp oldid 1219345993 Folk music, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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