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	Amazon.com: Bulgaria: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Music of Bulgaria by Various Artists (Audio Cassette - 1989)
		Folk Music from Bulgaria by Various Artists - International - Europe - Eastern (Audio CD - 1999)
		Folk Music of Bulgaria by A.L. Lloyd (Audio CD - 1994) - Import
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Bulgaria&index=music&page=1 (432 words)

	Music of Bulgaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Music was also a part of more personal celebrations such as weddings.
		Thrace was an important center of this music, which was entirely underground until 1986, when a festival of this music, which became a biennial event, was inaugurated in the town of Stambolovo, and artists like Sever, Trakiîski Solisti, Shoumen and Juzhni Vetar became popular, especially clarinetist Ivo Papasov.
		Music of Bulgaria Original 1955 Recording (Nonesuch 9 72011) Early recordings of Philip Koutev and the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria (1226 words)

	Botkin Lecture Flyer: Music in Bulgaria (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulgaria, a small country about the size of the state of Tennessee, is located in the southeastern corner of Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula.
		Rice examines Bulgarian musical performances as “texts” in need of interpretation, as powerful symbols of the state and of opposition to it during the communist period (1944-1989), as ways of negotiating gender roles and kinship, and finally as a means of expressing and debating national identity in the post-communist transition from totalitarianism to democracy.
		Music in Bulgaria presents a focused introduction to the rich and varied tradition of Bulgarian music.
	www.loc.gov /folklife/events/BotkinArchives/RiceFlyer.html (760 words)

	ipedia.com: Music of Bulgaria Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Music was also a part of more personal celebrations, accompanying weddings and the departure of young men for military service.
		The distinctive sounds of women choirs of Bulgarian folk music is partly because of their unique harmony and polyphony, where a singer appears to be singing two notes at the same time.
		Thrace was an important center of this music, which was entirely underground until the mid-1980s when a triennial music festival was set up near Stambolovo (hence the genre's current name, Stambolovski orkestri) and artists like Ivo Papasov, Sever, Trakiîski Solisti;, Shoumen and Juzhni Vetar became popular, especially clarinetist Papasov.
	www.ipedia.com /music_of_bulgaria.html (990 words)

	Popular Wedding Music of Bulgaria - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		By far the most popular music heard in Bulgaria is wedding music.
		Although music is also played at baptisms, housewarmings, and send-off celebrations for soldiers, wedding music is a distinct folk genre that has increased in popularity in the cities and villages due to the amplification of instruments.
		The music is a mix of Turkish and Bulgarian dance rhythms, largely uneven by Western standards, that are based on Turkish and Arabic melodies.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461564524/Popular_Wedding_Music_of_Bulgaria.html (134 words)

	Bulgaria music home page
		However, Bulgaria is famous for its uneven rhythms formed from combinations of two and three count beats.
		In the west and north the music is crisper, with some tonguing of the notes.
		Pipe music is most typical of the North Western areas which border Romania and Serbia, and these countries strongly influence the music.
	www.eliznik.org.uk /Bulgaria/music/index.htm (873 words)

	Pre-College Guitar Program
		Atanas Tzvetkov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1972.
		After 5 years of exclusive musical training, he entered the Academy of Music where he obtained his bachelor's degree in guitar performance and Music Pedagogy.
		He has performed solo recitals in his native Bulgaria and in the United States, as well as participated in numerous festivals such as the International Festival in Gotze Delchev.
	www.music.indiana.edu /special_programs/guitar/tzvetkov.shtml (199 words)

	Bulgarian Music at cdRoots
		The Gypsy wedding music of Bulgaria has been made famous by the likes of Yunakov and Papasov, but this ensemble is every bit their equal as they thunder through Gypsy music, crazy jazz and wild improvisations on accordion, tupan, percussion and guitar.
		Presents the musical traditions of Bansko from the ancient style of singing 'na atzane' (a complex vocal technique that few of today's singers have mastered), up to the two-part singing from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
		Balkan Blues is a musical journey through seven different countries, tracing two aspects of the Balkan soul -- on the one hand, ballads that tell of pain and hope, and on the other hand the magical exuberance of the virtuoso performances that accompany joyous celebrations.
	www.cdroots.com /bulgaria.shtml (2028 words)

	Central Europe Review - Music: Bulgaria's Angelic Voices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulgaria is famous for its long-standing vocal traditions, and Chor Angelite's recent tour brought the celestial sounds of Bulgaria to the concert halls of Britain.
		Most of their repertoire is based upon centuries-old a capella music from the villages long isolated from the West, incorporating specific vocal techniques and microtonal intervals to provide the distinctive sound characteristic of Bulgarian vocal music.
		It would be an interesting study to listen to this music recorded by Angelite, followed by recordings of a male choir, noting how the timbre of each group of voices changes and enhances the over-all impression of the music.
	www.ce-review.org /00/26/strickland26.html (774 words)

	Bulgaria \| Bulgaria news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulgaria is “on the right track” for EU entry in 2007, European justice commissioner Franco Frattini has signalled.
		Rescue teams from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are participating in the drill, which is aimed at improving co-ordination and interoperability of EU and SEE states in dealing with terror threats.
		With a minute gone and the score at 3-3 the Georgian caught Sheahan with a peach of a shot which sent the Athy man to the canvas.
	www.kirildouhalov.net (422 words)

	Oxford University Press: Music in Bulgaria: Timothy Rice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Music in Bulgaria is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series.
		Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world.
		Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/24335/subject/EthnomusicologyWorldMusic/?view=usa&ci=0195141482 (483 words)

	Bulgaria
		She contributes informed notes about the history of the music, song lyrics and short biographies of some of the performers.
		A Fripp cohort?), equally electronic but at least they have a sense of what the music of Bulgaria is about, and a sense of humor about their own technology.
		When I think of wedding music, I think of some awful band that hires itself out to play "Daddy's Little Girl" and "Wild Thing" to a party that is hardly listening, and hardly cares.
	www.rootsworld.com /rw/feature/bulgaria.html (1432 words)

	All the town is music - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
		In 1972 the Music State Academy was granted the status of an independent higher-education institution with three faculties: Music Pedagogy,Music Folklore and Choreography, and Postgraduate Studies.
		Graduates from the Music High-School “Dobrin Petkov” work in all kind of musical institutions in the country and all over the world: opera, theaters, orchestras and higher educational establishments.
		In the short time of its existence the orchestra gave numerous concerts in Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic under the baton of Nayden Todorov, Alexander Vladigerov, Kyrill Tarpov, Kyrill Petrenko, Roumen Bayrakov, and Dimiter Panov.
	www.plovdivcity.net /plovdiv_music.html (641 words)

	World Music Bulgaria - Bulgarian Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulgaria's unaccompanied choral folk music is organic, sophisticated, hypnotic, and mildly disturbing.
		Our informants (musical sources) were chosen because of their wide repertoire, which often included music from those communities with whom the Sephardim co-existed.
		Voice of the Turtle‘s performance practice employs an open approach, ranging from authentic presentations of the songs in versions close to those of the original performers (which could be joyfully appreciated by any ethnomusicologist), to personal interpretations, almost original compositions by the group’s members, which appear in modern arrangements.
	www.almudo.com /Bulgaria-Music.htm (538 words)

	Popular Wedding Music of Bulgaria - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Bulgarian wedding music is a popular musical form among both young and old.
		The music, performed primarily by the Roma, is a distinct folk genre that has increased in popularity in the cities and villages due to the amplification of the instruments.
		Most wedding bands are made up of clarinet, saxophone, accordion, guitar, bass, and drums.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461564525_761577408_-1_1/Popular_Wedding_Music_of_Bulgaria.html (131 words)

	Balkanarama: Bulgaria
		Petur Iliev is a talented, energetic dance teacher and drummer living in the U.S. Sredets Bulgarian Folk Music Ensemble.
		Stranja Folk Ensemble has been performing music from southeastern Bulgaria for more than 35 years and has a CD available.
		Amazon has a good selection of Bulgarian folk music, especially female choirs, and Bulgarian Rom music, but is weak on Bulgarian pop.
	balkanarama.com /bulgaria.htm (455 words)

	Amazon.com: Music of Bulgaria: Music: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When I was growing up in the US it was still very difficult to buy Bulgarian music, even for a Bulgarian-American living in a major US city like myself.
		I can't say they've compiled the most famous or popular traditional songs of Bulgaria, but it is a nice cross-section.
		i remember reading an interview with frank zappa in downbeat in the middle 70's, (bulgarian music was way below the radar at that time) they asked him what he was currently listening to, and he mentioned this album.
	www.amazon.com /Music-Bulgaria-Bulgarian-Television-Female/dp/B000005IW5 (658 words)

	6moons.com - world music: Peter Ralchev "Bulgaria"
		Bulgaria spans a vast array of musical styles, all of them dizzyingly chromatic, confoundingly complex and rhythmically complicated.
		Like Bulgarian wedding music, much of it occurs at hyper speeds, with folk dance motifs woven into abstract pyrotechnics.
		For nearly one hour, Bulgaria gives us a crash course in the no-mind headspace Peter Ralchev must inhabit when he performs and composes.
	www.6moons.com /worldmusic/bulgaria.html (383 words)

	Kuker Music - Bulgaria / cdRoots
		Kuker Music is a Bulgarian label whose main goal is to produce and distribute music projects from Eastern Europe.
		KORENI (roots) - a part of Kuker Music's activity, connected with the roots of the folklore and traditional music.
		Musicians and singers from the ages of 5 to 75 are captured on the streets and in their homes: fiddlers, cymbalom players, superb folk singers and and the roaring energy of the Karandila ensemble.
	www.cdroots.com /kuker.shtml (591 words)

	Bulgaria.com - Music Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulgaria.com is proud to present a carefully selected and supplied by UBP International Ltd collection of Bulgarian musical titles.
		At the present time our on-line store carries about 30 different titles all of which are available in stock and ready for next day shipment.
		We understand that this is far from complete representation of the Bulgarian musical universe and we believe that with your help in terms of recommendations and requests we will be able to enrich our selection and provide better service to you.
	www.bulgaria.com /cgi-bin/entermusic (97 words)

	Artists in Bulgaria - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		From the artist: the band is formed in the summer of 2005 by Roza - drums, Gomez - voc(members of underground band Subtierra),?skywalker - guitar, karatistat3 - bass;programing.
		From the artist: This music was inspired by the Holy Spirit during our work with orhpan youth in Estern Eruope.
		From the artist: Author of cinema music, music for TV and theatre productions, musicals for children (3), books with plays and arrangements for piano (13), "PESS" - "Piano Education Satellite System", CDs with piano,...
	music.download.com /3605-5_32-0.html?country=Bulgaria (209 words)

	World Music Central - Bulgarian_labels
		This is a listing of Bulgarian record companies that are involved with world music or traditional folk music.
		Recordings by Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria and Choir of Ensemble ";Pirina"as well as Sephardic music from Bulgaria.
		Stars Records is a largest Bulgarian label that produces a wide range of music, from rock to world music.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /staticpages/index.php/Bulgarian_labels.htm (219 words)

	Central Europe Review - Music Shop: Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		CER's articles on Bulgarian music and an extensive discography of CDs.
		Professor Rice spent thirty years travelling around Bulgaria, collecting folk music and talking to musicians the result of which is a book and accompanying CD.
		Featuring Tuvan throat singers; based on traditional music of Bulgaria, Tuva and Russia.
	www.ce-review.org /music/disc_bulgaria.html (98 words)

	Music - Culture - Bulgaria - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Traditional Bulgarian music includes folk songs and choral plain chants in the Greek mode for church services.
		The chief native musical instruments are the gaida (bagpipe) and the kaval (a wooden shepherd’s flute).
		The characteristic folk dances are variations of the hora, a round chain dance, and the ruchenitsa, a lively dance of two couples.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/bulgaria/culture/music.htm (87 words)

	APOCALYPTICA’S MUSIC TO ROCK BULGARIA - Life news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Apocalyptica is in Bulgaria after the band finished its tour in Western Europe.
		During a news conference Apocalyptica members said they preferred the cello as it was the instrument that came closest to the human voice and was universal.
		The problem with contemporary music was that all tracks sounded alike, the cellists said.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/apocalypticas-music-to-rock-bulgaria/id_15626/catid_70 (322 words)

	Summer Intercultural Institute I: Vocal Music of Bulgaria
		Vocal music and dance is the focus of this eight-day intensive workshop on the music of Bulgaria, taught by Tatiana Sarbinska, one of the leading performers and teachers of Bulgarian music in the United States, the featured soloist of the internationally acclaimed Pirin Ensemble, and, having earned "national treasure" status, the "voice of Bulgaria."
		Instrumentalists are welcome, but the teaching will focus on a wide range of song repertoire and on vocal technique, including the difference between traditional and classical singing styles.
		Participants include college music faculty, K-12 teachers, committed amateurs, professional performers, students of all ages, jazz musicians and composers.
	www.newenglandconservatory.edu /summer/institutes/vocal_music_of_bulgaria.html (344 words)

	Music Idol (Bulgaria) - Chernata Perla Video
		damn folks, that was really the worst thing i've ever heared in my entier lefe, I'm fascinated how could they even let her pass the entering exam, damn it, it’s a Bulgarian Music Idol, and when they asked her if she knew some Bulgarian songs … well she answer simply “NO”.
		In this massage video the lower back wrap around technique is used on ginger.
		Music Idol Bulgaria - 6 Kokoshki sym Zaklala
	www.metacafe.com /watch/493093/music_idol_bulgaria_chernata_perla (503 words)

	Folk Music of Bulgaria - Products
		Bulgarian Folk Music from the regions of Strandja, The Rhodopes, Dobroudja and Northern Bulgaria, performed by famous Bulgarian folk musicians.
		Representing the musical tradition of the different geographic and ethnographical regions of Bulgaria characterized by a number of peculiarities which have differentiated the several existing musical folklore ‘dialects’ in the country.
		The instrumental technique and talent of improvisation based upon the sound tradition of Bulgarian folklore and invention marks Ivo Papazov's individual and original style of performance which is the reason for his being one of the most sought-after and listened-to folk musicians in Bulgaria.
	www.digitalcuts.com /mall/P_Bulg_A.htm (1076 words)

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