Imamović was born into a Bosnian Muslim family in Mrkonjić Grad and after a year his family moved to Travnik and there he lived for fifteen years when, in 1936, he moved to Sarajevo. He lived in Sarajevo for the rest of his life occasionally vacationing in Počitelj where he had a cottage. In Sarajevo he attended textile school and was discovered by a choir leader Cvjetko Rihtman in the cultural society "Gajret" where his sister Đula and his brother Hadžo also sang. When Radio Sarajevo became operational following the liberation of Sarajevo in April 1945, he started performing on and became an employee of Radio Sarajevo, often sleeping under the piano overnight so not to miss the morning telecast.[1][2]
At that time he performed three sevdah songs: "Gledaj me draga", "Konja vodim, pješke hodim" and "Mujo kuje konja po mjesecu" and became very popular (the last of the three songs is one of the most popular sevdah songs ever). His popularity increased in time and he is said to be the best sevdalinka performer of his time and a reformer of the genre. Some of his most popular sevdalinkas are: "Haj, Moščanice vodo plemenita", "Od kako sam sevdah svezo", "Okreni se niz đul-bašču", "Haj, sadih almu na sred Atmejdana", "Ja zagrizoh šareniku jabuku", "Đul Fatima po đul-bašči šeće", "Kad puhnuše sabah-zorski vjetrovi"...
Zaim Imamović was under influence of important sevdah singers of the time: Rešad Bešlagić, Sulejman Džakić, Ibrahim Ašćerić, and others. Together with them he developed an important new style of sevdah singing that was peculiar for radio performance. It was a sharp contrast to earlier singers influenced by bel canto traditions of the European discography market: Bora Janjić, Sofka Nikolić, and others...
Zaim Imamović wrote some of the most popular sevdalinkas: "Sve behara i sve cvjeta", "O, jeseni, tugo moja", "Nesretan sam, majko moja mila", "Kono moja", "Što je lijepo vrelo Mošćanice", "Zašto si me majko rodila"...
He was one of the founders of the Ilidža Folk Music Festival in Sarajevo. After initial success of the festival, intending to stir up new trends in traditional music, Zaim Imamović retreated from the festival at the beginning of 1970s.
Zaim Imamović died in Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo, on 2 February 1994.
Referencesedit
^"Zaim Imamović, najvažnije pjesme". Radio Sarajevo. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^"Feel the Beauty of Sevdah in Sarajevo". Sarajevo Times. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
* Farah Tahirbegović and Damir Imamović, eds. Pjesma srca moga: stotinu najljepših pjesama Zaima Imamovića.Annotated songs and CD. Sarajevo: Buybook publishing house, 2004.
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zaim, imamović, bosniak, soldier, officer, serbian, cyrillic, Заим, Имамовић, august, 1920, february, 1994, bosnian, sevdalinka, folk, singer, accordionist, author, born, 1920, august, 1920mrkonjić, grad, kingdom, serbs, croats, slovenesdied2, february, 1994, . For the Bosniak soldier see Zaim Imamovic officer Zaim Imamovic Serbian Cyrillic Zaim Imamoviћ 26 August 1920 2 February 1994 was a Bosnian sevdalinka folk singer accordionist and author Zaim ImamovicBorn 1920 08 26 26 August 1920Mrkonjic Grad Kingdom of Serbs Croats and SlovenesDied2 February 1994 1994 02 02 aged 73 Sarajevo Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaOccupationsmusician singer authorYears active1939 94Musical careerGenressevdalinka Bosnian folkInstrument s vocalsLabelsJugoton PGP RTB Sarajevo Disk Beograd DiskBiography editImamovic was born into a Bosnian Muslim family in Mrkonjic Grad and after a year his family moved to Travnik and there he lived for fifteen years when in 1936 he moved to Sarajevo He lived in Sarajevo for the rest of his life occasionally vacationing in Pocitelj where he had a cottage In Sarajevo he attended textile school and was discovered by a choir leader Cvjetko Rihtman in the cultural society Gajret where his sister Đula and his brother Hadzo also sang When Radio Sarajevo became operational following the liberation of Sarajevo in April 1945 he started performing on and became an employee of Radio Sarajevo often sleeping under the piano overnight so not to miss the morning telecast 1 2 At that time he performed three sevdah songs Gledaj me draga Konja vodim pjeske hodim and Mujo kuje konja po mjesecu and became very popular the last of the three songs is one of the most popular sevdah songs ever His popularity increased in time and he is said to be the best sevdalinka performer of his time and a reformer of the genre Some of his most popular sevdalinkas are Haj Moscanice vodo plemenita Od kako sam sevdah svezo Okreni se niz đul bascu Haj sadih almu na sred Atmejdana Ja zagrizoh sareniku jabuku Đul Fatima po đul basci sece Kad puhnuse sabah zorski vjetrovi Zaim Imamovic was under influence of important sevdah singers of the time Resad Beslagic Sulejman Dzakic Ibrahim Asceric and others Together with them he developed an important new style of sevdah singing that was peculiar for radio performance It was a sharp contrast to earlier singers influenced by bel canto traditions of the European discography market Bora Janjic Sofka Nikolic and others Zaim Imamovic wrote some of the most popular sevdalinkas Sve behara i sve cvjeta O jeseni tugo moja Nesretan sam majko moja mila Kono moja Sto je lijepo vrelo Moscanice Zasto si me majko rodila He was one of the founders of the Ilidza Folk Music Festival in Sarajevo After initial success of the festival intending to stir up new trends in traditional music Zaim Imamovic retreated from the festival at the beginning of 1970s Zaim Imamovic died in Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo on 2 February 1994 References edit Zaim Imamovic najvaznije pjesme Radio Sarajevo 19 May 2014 Retrieved 19 November 2014 Feel the Beauty of Sevdah in Sarajevo Sarajevo Times 18 November 2014 Retrieved 19 November 2014 Farah Tahirbegovic and Damir Imamovic eds Pjesma srca moga stotinu najljepsih pjesama Zaima Imamovica Annotated songs and CD Sarajevo Buybook publishing house 2004 External links editBiography in Bosnian nbsp This article on a Bosnia and Herzegovina singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zaim Imamovic amp oldid 1202006511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
