Balkan party music in Seattle

Posts made in August, 2018

Eleno kerko Eleno

Posted by on Aug 14, 2018 in 7/8, Balkan Sheet Music | 0 comments

A lovely Macedonian lesnoto dance melody in 7/8, about a girl trying to talk her boyfriend into buying her an expensive new hat.

 

Eleno kerko Eleno 2

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Eleno kerko Eleno lyrics

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Sung by Selimova Zelceski:

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Danubian dajcovo horo

Posted by on Aug 10, 2018 in 9/8, Balkan Sheet Music | 0 comments

A lively instrumental in 9/8 by the Horo Orchestra from Ruse on the Danube River in northern Bulgaria. Original recording arranged and conducted by Vasil Purvanov. Played in Seattle for the Bulgarian line dance dajcovo horo by our band and Orkestar RTW (Radio-Televizija Woodinville). This 2-page chart is slightly improved from an older transcription.

 

Danubian dajcovo horo

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Kazuj krcmo dzerimo

Posted by on Aug 7, 2018 in 9/8, Balkan Sheet Music | 0 comments

 

“Where did my love disappear? Why did he take my heart away?” A traditional melody in 9/8 recorded in 1982 by Usnija Redzepova with lyrics by R. Todorovic and music arranged by Bakija Bakic. We learned it from Carol Silverman.

 

Kazuj krcmo

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With a different instrumental break:

 

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Majstore majstore

Posted by on Aug 3, 2018 in Balkan Sheet Music, Cocek | 0 comments

This song, heard in Northern Macedonia and in Bulgaria, was first performed by Petranka Kostadinova at the Valandovo Folk Fest in southeast Macedonia in 1990. We play it as a cocek dance. “Majstore” (literally “master”) refers to a master of a particular craft or trade. This one, hmm, perhaps he is very skilled with his big, strong hands…

There are two versions of the lyrics: the original Macedonian lyrics and a Bulgarian version that we learned from Mary Sherhart in Seattle.

Majstore majstore

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Macedonian lyrics:

Majstore majstore lyrics

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Bulgarian lyrics:

Majstore majstore lyrics 2

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Performed in Macedonian by Petranka Kostadinova at Valandovo in 1990:

 

Performed in Macedonian by Aneta Micevska at Valandovo in 2017:

(The accordion player needs to lighten up…)

 

Performed in Bulgarian by Toni Dacheva with Kristal in 1991 or 1992:

 

 

 

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