Preliminary communication

THE BOSNIAN BUGARIJA

Jasmina Talam orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-6043 ; Muzička akademija, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

Abstract

The article deals with the bugarija [bugaria], a chordophone instrument of the long-necked lute type, which occupied an important place in the lives and customs of the Bosnia-Hercegovinian village population throughout the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the classification of this instrument, the terminology, ergology, instrument building technology, characteristics of the tone relations, playing techniques, repertoire and performance occasions, and the instrument's diffusion on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. There are very few bugarija musicians and builders active today, so that it is probably only a question of time that the instrument will become merely a part of the past, similarly to many other folk instruments.

Keywords

bugarija; long-necked lutes; chordophones; Bosnia-Herzegovina

Hrčak ID:

23276

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/23276

Publication date:

19.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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