Song of Sevdalinka: Cultural anthem of Bosnia-Herzegovina

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Song of Sevdalinka: Cultural anthem of Bosnia-Herzegovina "
Heather Laurel Peters

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53790
Doc. No	:	TL23744
Call number	:	‭MR29299‬
Main Entry	:	Heather Laurel Peters
Title & Author	:	Song of Sevdalinka: Cultural anthem of Bosnia-Herzegovina\ Heather Laurel Peters
College	:	York University (Canada)
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	254
Abstract	:	The Bosnian urban song form, sevdalinka, is an on-going tradition that has come to symbolize Bosnian cultural identity. Sevdalinka's repertoire has been influenced by numerous foreign cultures and is as complex and varied as the peoples whom it represents. Social contexts continually reshape the direction of sevdah's "love and longing." Romance, patriotism and nostalgia have alternately found expression through sevdalinka within culturally defined parameters of beauty and nobility. This study investigates sevdalinka's historical development from Ottoman times and subsequent influences which have shaped its form and meanings. Early work by Bartók and Radinović's model of melopoetic analysis provide a starting-point for musical and textual analysis. Ethnographic research informs the analysis of current Bosnian perceptions. Sevdalinka's survival as a unifying symbol through war-time is understood through the efforts of Pobrić's Institut Sevdaha and Boym's theories concerning nostalgia. Speculations regarding sevdalinka's future are optimistically presented on the basis of present musical activity.* *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation). The CD requires the following system requirements: Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer.
Subject	:	Communication and the arts; Education; Music; Music education; 0413:Music; 0522:Music education
Added Entry	:	York University (Canada)