The music of Southeastern Europe or Balkan music is a type of music distinct from others in Europe. This is mainly because it was influenced by traditional music of the Southeastern European ethnic groups and mutual music influences of this ethnic groups in the period of Ottoman Empire. The music is sometimes characterised by complex rhythm.
The music of the Slavic countries of southeastern Europe is quite significantly different from that the music of Eastern Europe, which includes the Slavic states of the former USSR. The latter was much more influenced by the common eastern Slavic culture, notably by Kievan Rus and more recently the USSR.
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Neighboring musical influences
Byzantine medieval music
Byzantine traditional music is associated with the medieval sacred chant of Christian Churches following the Constantinopolitan rite. The development of large scale hymnographic forms begins in the fifth century with the rise of the kontakion, a long and elaborate metrical sermon, which finds its acme in the work of St. Romanos the Melodos (sixth century). Heirmoi in syllabic style are gathered in the Heirmologion, a bulky volume which first appeared in the middle of the tenth century and contains over a thousand model troparia arranged into an oktoechos (the eight-mode musical system).
Ottoman music
- Main articles: Ottoman music
Dimitrie Cantemir was a composer of Ottoman music. Many musical instruments were introduced to the Balkans during the time of Ottoman control, but many Ottoman instruments were borrowed from the locals.
"Balkan" is a Turkish word which means sharp mountains. As this the influence of Mehter and Turkish rhythms and melodies can be seen in Balkan Music. In the 19th century in imitation of the Turkish military bands which replaced the Mehterhane formations of Janissary Turks beginning in 1828. Apparently, as in Turkey, they dethroned the ancient traditional oboe (zurna, zurla, or mizmar) and double-membraned drum ensembles.
Pre-modern Balkan music
Traditional Serbian music
The medieval era in Serbia traditional music. During the Nemanjic dynasty, musicians played an important role in the royal court, and were known as sviralnici, glumci and praskavnici. Other rulers known for the musical patronage included Stefan Dušan, Stefan Lazarević, and Đurađ Branković. Medieval musical instruments included horns, trumpets, lutes, psalteries, drums and cymbals. Traditional folk instruments include various kinds of bagpipes (Gaida), flutes, diple, tamburitza and gusle.
Derivatives and offshoots
Progressive Balkan folk
Progressive Balkan folk has seen rise in many western countries, particularly the United States. It has had its greatest success with progressive communities across the country. Younger American generations are discovering the possibilities of this genre and are bringing it to small clubs and festivals across the US.
The upbeat, dramatic tone of the music has also attracted a following in the Tribal Fusion bellydance community. Tribal Fusion does not claim to emulate traditional dances, costume or music styles strictly, but it does draw inspiration from Balkan traditions.
Music per country
- Music of Albania
- Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Music of Bulgaria
- Music of Cyprus
- Music of Greece
- Music of Moldova
- Music of Montenegro
- Music of Romania
- Music of Serbia
- Music of Slovenia
- Music of the Republic of Macedonia
- Music of Turkey
Notable artists
Albania
- Thoma Gaqi
- Endri Sina
- Aleksander Peci
- Dorian Cene
- Shpëtim Saraçi
- Edmond Zhulali
- Adrian Hila
- Klodian Qafoku
- Avni Mula
- Tish Daia
- Simon Gjoni
- Tonin Harapi
- Feim Ibrahimi
- Prenkë Jakova
- Paloke Kurti
- Aleksandër Peçi
- Aleksandër Lalo
- Vasil Tole
- Çesk Zadeja
- Nikolla Zoraqi
- Pirro Çako
- Kujtim Laro
- Agim Krajka
- Pjetër Gaci
- Ardit Gjebrea
Bulgaria
- Valya Balkanska
- Lyubka Rondova
- Nadka Karadzhova
- Valkana Stoyanova
- Ivo Papazov
- Theodosii Spassov
- Veselin Ivanov
- Volodya Stoyanov
- Nikolina Chakardakova
- Kostadin Gugov
- Vievska Folk Grupa
- Dani Milev
- Stoyan Yankoulov
- Ilka Aleksandrova
- Elitsa Todorova
- Slavka Kalcheva
- Ivan Diakov
- Iva Davidova
- Lili Ivanova
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dino Merlin
- Adi Mulahalilović
- Sinan Alimanović
- Adnan Bajramović
- Ines Prajo
- Fuad Backović
- Dado Džihan
- Amir Kazić
- Edin Osmić
- Elvir Laković
- Šemsa Suljaković
- Šerif Konjević
- Nikola/Amir "Nino" Rešić
- Kemal Malovčić
- Esad Plavi
- Lepa Brena
- Halid Muslimović
- Haris Džinović
- Goran Bregović
- Safet Isovic
- Hanka Paldum
- Zaim Imamovic
- Hari Mata Hari
- Tifa
- Alen Islamovic
- Zeljko Bebek
- Halid Beslic
- Kemal Monteno
- Saša Matić
- Dejan Matić
- Mile Kitić
- Miloš Bojanić
- Željko Samardžić
- Seka Aleksić
- Nedeljko Bajić Baja
Croatia
- Đorđe Novković
- Željen Klašterka
- Tonči Huljić
- Zrinko Tutić
- Davor Tolja
- Petar Grašo
- Zdenko Runjić
- Andrej Babić
- Ivan Mikulić
- Franjo Valentić
- Boris Novković
- Dado Topić
Macedonia
- Adrian Gaxha
- Aleksandar Belov
- Aleksandar Sarievski
- Aleksandra Pileva
- Band "Anastasia"
- Andrijana Janevska
- Bobi Andonov
- Bojana Atanasovska
- Blagojce Stojanovski TUSE
- "Bravo Band"
- "DNK"
- Dani Dimitrovska
- Denis Dimoski
- Elena Petreska
- Elena Risteska
- Elvir Mekić
- Eva Nedinkovska
- Jovan Jovanov
- Kaliopi
- Karolina Gočeva
- Kristina Arnaudova
- Lambe Alabakoski
- Martin Vučić
- Next Time
- Robert Bilbilov
- Slatkar
- Tamara Todevska
- Tijana Todevska-Dapčević
- Toni Zen
- Toše Proeski
- Vaska Ilieva
- Vlado Janevski
- Vlatko Lozanoski
- Vrčak
Montenegro
- Boban Rajović
- Dado Polumenta
- Sako Polumenta
- Vlado Georgiev
- Sergej Ćetković
- Bojan Marović
- Vlatko Stefanovski
Slovenia
- Alenka Gotar
- Atomik Harmonik
- Brigita Šuler
- Domen Kumer
- Helena Blagne
- Kristina Mišovič
- Manca Izmajlova
- Rebeka Dremelj
- Rogoški slavčki
- Tris
- Saška Lendero
- Sara
- Iris
- Urška Čepin
- Simona Weiss
- Skater
- Štefica Stipančevič
- T*Angels
- Tanja Žagar
- Werner Brozovič
- Vlado Kreslin
- Vlado Pilja (Lepi Dasa)
- Zoran Predin
Serbia
- Aca Lukas
- Belo Platno
- Bilja Krstić
- Boban Marković
- Dobrivoje Topalović Topal
- Dragan Kojić Keba
- Dragana Mirković
- Đorđe Balašević
- Janika Balázs
- Jelena Karleuša
- Lepa Lukić
- Vesna Zmijanac
- Miroslav Ilić
- Nada Topčagić
- Predrag Cune Gojković
- Predrag Živković Tozovac
- Sanja Ilić
- Slobodan Trkulja
- Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović
- Šaban Bajramović
- Šaban Šaulić
- Toma Zdravković
- Teodulija
- Vrelo
- Zvonko Bogdan
- Željko Joksimović
Turkey
- Mustafa Kandıralı
- Atilla Özdemiroğlu
- Melih Kibar
- Timur Selçuk
- Ali Kocatepe
Romania
- Mircea Baniciu
- Viorel Gavrila
- Marcel Dragomir
- Adrian Enescu
- Horia Moculescu
- Adrian Romcescu
- Anton Suteu
- Marius Teicu
- Mircea Vintila
Musical groups
- Mostar Sevdah Reunion is a sevdah band from Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- Gothart
- The Toids (progressive balkan folk)
- Corvus Corax (band)
See also
- Balkan Brass Band
- Mehter
- Klezmer (Eastern European Jewish music)
- Romani music ("Gypsy" music)
- Balkan linguistic union
- Balkan World Music
- Beirut (band) (an American indie folk group inspired by Balkan folk music)
- Shantel
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