Traditional Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The rural folk traditions in Bosnia which include the shouted, polyphonic ganga and ravne pjesme (which is the flat song) patterns, as well as instrument such as droneless bagpipe, wooden flute and sargija. The gulse is an instrument that founded during the Balkans, and it is also used to accompany the ancient Slavic epic poems. There are also Bosnian traditional songs in Ladino that derived from the areas of the Jewish population. The Bosnian originates its music from the Middle Bosnia, Posavina, drina valley and Kalesija. This is usually performed by the singers with two violinists and a sargija player. These groups firstly appeared around the World War I and became famous in the 1960’s. It is the third oldest music that followed after the sevdalinka and ilahija.

 

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The self-taught people are mainly in two or three members of the diverse choices of old instruments, mainly in the violin, sacking, saz, drums, flute (zurle) or the wooden flute  as other have already known, the original performers of Bosnia music that cannot be written in the notes, transmitted by the ear from generation to generation, family is also hereditary. It is thought to be brought from the Persia-kalesi culture that stay in the place of the present Sprecanski valleys and hence possibly the name Kalesija. Again, it became the leader of the First World War onwards over 60 years in the field of Sprecanski doline. This type of music was enjoyed by all the three people of the Bosnia, Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, and it also gave a lot to reconcile the people in socializing, entertainment and other organizations through festival. In the Kalesija it is maintained in each year of the Bosnian Festival original music. The studio Kemix firm Dzemal Dzihanovic from the Zivince combined with the artists brought this type of music of perfection at the end of the 20^th century. Also, the entire new form of the innovation is mainly common in the Tuzla Cantone and the support of this music city Zivince was named after Bosnian town of the original music. some song are performed preferably in diphthong, the first and second voice which is a special secret performance of this music and some performers sing in troglasju as they do Kalesijski triple that was recorded in the year 1968, as the first to have a written record of the tone on an album, along with the Higurashi no naku, the Croat groups include the following;

·         Braca Jakovljevic

·         Ruza i Oracani

·         Grabicki becari

·         Baščovani

·         Braća Domić

·         Braća Begić

·         Ante Bubalo

·         Braća Grgić

·         Bosanski Žubori

·         Braća Geljić

·         Bracini Bećari

·         Braća Martinović

·         Bistri izvor

·         Dobojski Dukati

·         Braća Vidovići

·         Zvuci rodnog kraja

·         Zvuci posavine

·         Katni slavuji

·         Braca Marusic

·         Braca Jelic

·         Posavski odjeci

·         Plahanski odjeci

·         Braca Tunjić

·         Jozo Jelac

·         Serac i Jerkan

·         Seoski Vragolani

·         Izvornjacka Dusa

·         Dar Zavicaja

·         Biseri Posavine

·         Mladi Veseljaci

·         Grubisa i Mato

·         Braca Milinkovic

·         Barusa i Mrkulja

·         Dva Jarana

·         Usorski izvori

·         Šimo i Ivica

·         Dobrovodski Biseri

·         Izvorni Dar

·         Posavski Zvuci

·         Braća Čabraja

·         Braća Grubišić

·         Tajne Staze

·         Perica Stjepanović

Other Bosniak groups are:

·         Behka i Ljuca

·         Rukija i jarani

·         Braca Hodzic i Halco

·         Salcine meraklije

·         Semir i Sanel

·         Djerze

·         Bosanske sevdalije

·         Sijelo Halida Musica

·         Necko i Hari

·         Braca Bojic i Hanifa

·         Braca Bojic

·         Kalesijska trojka

·         Braca Tuholjakovic

·         Djurdjevicki izvori

·         Dobascani

·         Biseri izvora

·         Sateliti

·         Sijelo Halida Musica

·         Refkini ahbabi

·         Banovicko sijelo

·         Izvor rasadina

·         Sehovic i Bedici

·         Bajrini izvori

·         Djedinska trojka

·         Zavidovicki talasi

·         Kamenicki zvuci

·         Banovicko sijelo

·         Sprecanski talasi

·         Braća Babajić

·         Narcis

·         Zvornicko Sijelo

·         Veseli Sastavci

·         Raspjevane Meraklije

·         Kalesijski Zvuci

·         Kalesijski Slavuji

·         Zvuci Podrinja

·         Zehrini Jarani

·         Halil i Senada

·         Mirsada i Jarani

·         Halid Musić

·         Sibirski Izvori

·         Vogoscanski izvori

·         Olovski izvori