MUS206 EXAM#1: Bulgaria
Don Ellis
Jazz musician that pre-created Bulgarian music
Koleda
Christmas celebration (young men go singing collecting wine & food all night long)
composer/ensemble hierarchy
Composer Union = top dogs, composers, ensembles
normative description
multiple Bulgarian weddings
changes in state-supported ensembles
nat'l ensembles = good
Radio Sofia
national radio
Balkanton records
national recording company
particular description
one Bulgarian weddings
Phillip Koutev
one of the directors, also sympathized with Bulgarian folk musicians
Le Mystere des Voiz Bulgares
one of the top hits for globalized Bulgarian music
subversion of state values
rejection of the state - still rejection/persecution
peene
singing (usually associated with female)
"ring like a bell"
something very pleasing to Bulgarians
pesen
song
interpretive description
things below the surface, after field work
polyphonic singing with drone
usually associated with amateurs
Narodna muzika
village folk music - music of the people
musical aesthetics
virtue & virtuosity, emphasis on precision & virtuosity
folk music revival
youth are really interested in going back to traditional roots
ruchenitska
compound (seven) meter
Obrabotki
creation of orchestrated folk tunes - product of cultivated folk music
zurna
double reed oboe-like instrument
tupan
double-headed drum (ex. of membranophone)
pravo hora
duple meter
gudulka
fiddle-like instrument, bow lute
kaval
flute
cultivated folk music
folk music with added Western characteristics
training schools
for folk conservatories - switch for what instrument is related to which gender
etik
from an outsider's perspective
role of Roma musicians
gypsies, marginalized in society
Radio Commission Union of Composers
head of music - the top dogs of Bulgarian nationalism music
ethnographic research
how field work is conducted
intensive research
in a single place
muzika
instrumental music itself
multi-sited research
intensive research in two or more places - very broad
tambura
long-necked lute
buchi
"bellow" - harmony
izvikva
"cries out" - lead voice/main melody
emik
"me" - from an insider's perspective
slaga
"to follow" - harmony
Xena
Bulgarian guida bg music (modern ex. of Bulgarian music)
Ivo Papazov
Bulgarian wedding music clarinetist
Kukerovden
Carnival (guys with tall hats that symbolize the sea - fertility)
wedding music -instrumentation
all underground, not supported by state
muzikanti
an instrumental musician, trad. usually refers to a male
notno music
bad arrangements come from musicians' words themselves
gaida
bagpipe seen as a big symbol - one of THE instruments
kolyano
binary themes in a song, usually a lot of improv going on
geographic restrictions on composers
born in a specific area, can only play that music
extensive research
broad range
popfolk/chalga
combo of pop & Bulgarian music
