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Sevdalinka, also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional genre of folk music originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

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  1. 93 relations: Accordion, Adel (name), Agha (title), Al-Andalus, Amira Medunjanin, Željko Bebek, Bağlama, Balkans, Bass guitar, Beba Selimović, Bey, Billie Holiday, Blue jay, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniaks, Bosnian language, Bosporus, Clarinet, Croatia, Damir Imamović, Dianthus caryophyllus, Diskoton, Duke, Emina (poem), Emina Zečaj, Fado, Fazl, Fez (hat), Flute, Folk music, Funk, Guitar, Hanka Paldum, Himzo Polovina, Horseshoe, Husein Gradaščević, Ibrica Jusić, Il' je vedro, il' oblačno, Istanbul, Jadranka Stojaković, Jazz, Josipa Lisac, Jugoton, Matica srpska, Meho Puzić, Melancholia, Middle Ages, Moj dilbere, Moj golube, Montenegro, ... Expand index (43 more) »

  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina folk music
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina music history
  4. Bosniak culture
  5. Bosniak history
  6. Folk music genres
  7. Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  8. Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  9. World music genres

Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).

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Adel (name)

Adel is a given name of ancient European origins that evolved from words meaning "noble", "nobility" or "elite".

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Agha (title)

Agha (ağa; آغا; āghā; "chief, master, lord") is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title.

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Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Amira Medunjanin

Amira Medunjanin (born 23 April 1972) is a Bosnian singer and interpreter of sevdalinka.

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Željko Bebek

Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnian-Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of the Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 until 1984.

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Bağlama

The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Bosnian music (Sevdalinka), Kurdish music, and Armenian music. Sevdalinka and bağlama are Turkish words and phrases.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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Beba Selimović

Izeta "Beba" Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, Nada Mamula and Silvana Armenulić.

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Bey

Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and an honorific title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in the numerous Turkic kingdoms, emirates, sultanates and empires in Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, such as the Ottomans, Timurids or the various khanates and emirates in Central Asia and the Eurasian Steppe. Sevdalinka and Bey are Turkish words and phrases.

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

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Blue jay

The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Bosniaks

The Bosniaks (Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци,; Bošnjak, Bošnjakinja) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Bosnian language

Bosnian (bosanski / босански), sometimes referred to as Bosniak language, is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by ethnic Bosniaks. Sevdalinka and Bosnian language are Bosniak culture.

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Bosporus

The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait (Istanbul strait, colloquially Boğaz) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Damir Imamović

Damir Imamović born in 1978, stands as a luminary figure in the realm of Bosnian music, wielding expertise as a musician, singer, composer, and preeminent authority on the traditional melodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the evocative "sevdalinka" or "sevdah".

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Dianthus caryophyllus

Dianthus caryophyllus, commonly known as carnation or clove pink, is a species of Dianthus native to the Mediterranean region.

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Diskoton

Diskoton was a major record label in SFR Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Duke

Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.

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Emina (poem)

"Emina" is a poem by Bosnian Serb poet Aleksa Šantić that became a popular sevdalinka song, covered by many prominent singers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and other parts of former Yugoslavia. Sevdalinka and Emina (poem) are Bosniak culture.

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Emina Zečaj

Emina Zečaj (née Ahmedhodžić; 17 March 1929 – 19 April 2020) was a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional folk music, sevdalinka.

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Fado

Fado ("destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal but probably has much earlier origins.

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Fazl

Fazl (فضل.) is an Arabic word meaning grace or virtue.

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Fez (hat)

The fez, also called tarboosh/tarboush (translit), is a felt headdress in the shape of a short, cylindrical, peakless hat, usually red, typically with a black tassel attached to the top.

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Flute

The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Hanka Paldum

Hanka Paldum (born 28 April 1956) is a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and founder of the record label Sarajevo Disk.

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Himzo Polovina

Himzo Polovina (11 March 1927 – 5 August 1986) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, and one of the most famous and widely revered folk and sevdalinka artists in the region.

See Sevdalinka and Himzo Polovina

Horseshoe

A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear.

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Husein Gradaščević

Husein Gradaščević (Husein-kapetan) (31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834) was an Ottoman Bosnian military commander who led an uprising against the Tanzimat, political reforms in the Ottoman Empire aimed at reducing Bosnian autonomy within Osmanli sultanate beside introduction of novel Western customs of governance.

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Ibrica Jusić

Ibrahim "Ibrica" Jusić (born 15 December 1944) is Croatian chanson, folk, pop and sevdalinka singer-songwriter and musician.

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Il' je vedro, il' oblačno

"Il' je vedro, il' oblačno" (English: It's either clear (no clouds in the sky), or clouded) is a Bosnian traditional folk song Sevdalinka. Sevdalinka and il' je vedro, il' oblačno are Bosnia and Herzegovina folk music.

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Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Jadranka Stojaković

Jadranka Stojaković (Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Josipa Lisac

Josipa Lisac (born 14 February 1950) is a Croatian and Yugoslav singer whose work has spawned many different genres, from rock and pop to jazz and ethnic music.

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Jugoton

Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia.

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Matica srpska

The Matica srpska (Matica srpska, Matrix Serbica) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution.

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Meho Puzić

Mehmed "Meho" Puzić (24 July 1937 – 25 June 2007) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and songwriter.

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Melancholia

Melancholia or melancholy (from µέλαινα χολή.,Burton, Bk. I, p. 147 meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Moj dilbere

Moj dilbere (English: My Sweetheart or My Darling) is a Bosnian traditional folk and sevdalinka song. Sevdalinka and Moj dilbere are Bosnia and Herzegovina folk music, Bosniak culture and music of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Moj golube

Moj golube ("My dove") is a well-known folk song from countries of the former Yugoslavia.

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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Mostar

Mostar (Мостар) is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.

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Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Mostar Sevdah Reunion is a world-fusion musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka fused with contemporary musical styles.

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Music genre

A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.

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Nada Mamula

Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a Bosnian singer.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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Novi Sad

Novi Sad (Нови Сад,; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish (Lisân-ı Osmânî,; Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE).

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Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks (Osmanlı Türkleri) were a Turkic ethnic group.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Rešad Bešlagić

Rešad Bešlagić (1909 – 4 April 1945) was a Bosnian folk singer and sevdalinka interpreter.

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Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Safet Isović

Safet Isović (8 January 1936 – 2 September 2007) was a Bosnian singer who performed the Bosnian traditional music sevdalinka.

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Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits.

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Saudade

Saudade (Northeast Brazil:; plural saudades) is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone.

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Sejdefu majka buđaše

Sejdefu majka buđaše (English: Seydefa's Mother Wakes Her) is a Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina) traditional folk and sevdalinka song. Sevdalinka and Sejdefu majka buđaše are Bosnia and Herzegovina folk music, Bosniak culture and music of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Semitone

A semitone, also called a minor second, half step, or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically.

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Sepharad

Sepharad (or;,; also Sfard, Spharad, Sefarad, or Sephared) is the Hebrew-language name for the Iberian Peninsula, consisting of both modern-time Western Europe's Spain and Portugal, especially in reference to the local Jews before their forced expulsion from 1492 onwards.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Silvana Bajraktarević (born Zilha Bajraktarević; 10 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić, was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia.

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Snare drum

The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.

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The Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina / italics; Vajdaság Szocialista Autonóm Tartomány) was one of two autonomous provinces within the Socialist Republic of Serbia, in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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The Socialist Republic of Serbia (Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia (National Republic of Serbia), commonly abbreviated as Republic of Serbia or simply Serbia, was one of the six constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in what is now the modern day states of Serbia and the disputed territory of Kosovo.

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Solo (music)

In music, a solo (alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble.

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Split, Croatia

Split (Spalato:; see other names), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast.

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Tamburica

Tamburica (or; sometimes written tamburrizza or tamburitza; little tamboura) or tamboura (tambura; tampourás) refers to a family of long-necked lutes popular in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, especially Serbia (in Vojvodina, Mačva and Posavo-Tamnava), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (of which it is the national string instrument), Slovenia, and Hungary (predominantly amongst its ethnic South Slavic minority groups).

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.

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Toše Proeski

Todor Proeski (Тодор Проески,; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian singer and songwriter.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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Umihana Čuvidina

Umihana Čuvidina (–) was a Bosnian poet of Ottoman times.

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Verse–chorus form

Verse–chorus form is a musical form going back to the 1840s, in such songs as "Oh! Susanna", "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", and many others.

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Višegrad

Višegrad (Вишеград) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Violin

The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family.

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Visoko

Visoko (Високо) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Vuka Šeherović

Vuka Šeherović (née Šekerović,; 1903–1976) was a Bosnian folk singer and sevdalinka interpreter.

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World music

"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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Zaim Imamović

Zaim Imamović (26 August 1920 – 2 February 1994) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author.

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Zdravko Čolić

Zdravko Čolić (born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnian-Serbian pop singer and is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia.

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Zehra Deović

Zehra Deović (9 December 1938 – 30 October 2015) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Silvana Armenulić, Nada Mamula and Beba Selimović.

See Sevdalinka and Zehra Deović

See also

Bosnia and Herzegovina folk music

Bosnia and Herzegovina music history

Bosniak culture

Bosniak history

Folk music genres

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina

World music genres

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevdalinka

Also known as Sevdah, Sevdalinke.

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