A short note from the history of traditional music of the Serbs in Vojvodina: To mark two hundred years of the first recorded wedding song

The well-known wedding song 'Odbi se grana od jorgovana' dates back to 1815 when it was recorded by Franciszek Mirecki. It was sung to him by a woman who was Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's informant (Dević, 1991: 129). Specific in its character and melodic pattern, the wedding song held an...

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Main Author: Karin Vesna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Akademija umetnosti Univerziteta u Novom Sadu 2016-01-01
Series:Zbornik Radova Akademije Umetnosti
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-8666/2016/2334-86661604145K.pdf
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Summary:The well-known wedding song 'Odbi se grana od jorgovana' dates back to 1815 when it was recorded by Franciszek Mirecki. It was sung to him by a woman who was Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's informant (Dević, 1991: 129). Specific in its character and melodic pattern, the wedding song held an important position in the wedding ceremony of native Serbs in the region of present-day Vojvodina. In the year of 2015 it had been exactly two hundred years since it was first notated.
ISSN:2334-8666
2560-3108