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	Music of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macedonia is a historical region of southeastern Europe now divided among the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria.
		The Republic of Macedonia was formerly a part of Yugoslavia and shares a common heritage in popular music with other ex-Yugoslav countries and regions.
		Montenegro - Roma - Romania - Serbia - Republic of Macedonia - Thrace - Turkey
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Macedonia (174 words)

	Music of Albania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Somewhat further south, around Dibër and Kërçovë in Macedonia, the lahuta is not used, replaced by the çifteli, a two-stringed instrument in which one string is used for the drone and one for the melody.
		This shepherds' music is "melancholic and contemplative" in tone.
		This polyphonic vocal music is full of power that "stems from the tension between the immense emotional weight it carries, rooted in centuries of pride, poverty and oppression, and the strictly formal, almost ritualistic nature of its structure".
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Music_of_Albania (2324 words)

	Music of the Republic of Macedonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Republic of Macedonia is a diverse country, with a Macedonian majority (65%) and a large Albanian minority (25%), and Turks, Cincars, Gypsies, Greeks and Serbs.
		The music of Eastern Europe is known for complex rhythms, and Macedonian music exemplifies this trait.
		Macedonia has a large Roma (gypsy) minority, many of whom are professional musicians.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Music_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia (541 words)

	Rambles: various artists, Music from Macedonia 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Music from Macedonia 2 is a dizzying album; with 22 tracks by seven performers and/or groups, the range seems to be across most of the possibilities of traditional Macedonian music.
		Macedonia, along with the Balkans in general, is not so far from what we now recognize as the real cradle of civilization on the Anatolian Plateau, and is within a band that marks the first entrance into Europe of agriculture, metallurgy and a host of other skills that have made what we call civilization possible.
		All in all, this is an immensely absorbing collection, dizzyingly diverse and a strong indicator of the variety and richness of the musical traditions of Macedonia and the Balkans at large.
	www.rambles.net /va_macedonia04.html (549 words)

	Greek music - Phantis
		The musical legacy of Greece is as diverse as its history.
		The island's music heritage is celebrated by the Zakynthos School of Music, established in 1815 [1].
		The Ottoman province of Macedonia, ecompassing regions of the ancient Macedonia, Paeonia, and Thrace was divided between Greece, Serbia(Yugoslavia), and Bulgaria respectively in 1918.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Greek_music (2405 words)

	Macedonia - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of (in Macedonian, Makedonija), landlocked republic in south-eastern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula.
		Macedonia (Bulgarian, Makedoniya, Greek, Makedonia, Macedonian Makedonija), historical region in the south-central part of the Balkan Peninsula, in...
		Philip II (of Macedonia) (382-336 bc), king of Macedonia (359-336 bc), the youngest son of Amyntas II (reigned 394-370 bc), born in Pella.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Macedonia.html (122 words)

	Festival of Greek Music and Dance 2001, Music and Dances from Macedonia and Thrace
		Study Centre of Musical Tradition of Thrace, Asia Minor and the Black Sea which is part of the "Enterprise of Cultural Development, Municipality of Alexandroupolis", an autonomous municipal enterprise established in 1988.
		Musical accuracy was controlled during the actual execution by varying the air movement and utilizing impressive finger positioning techniques.
		Several new recordings of brass band music from Greece have been issued, and they showcase the talent of many local musicians who are relatively unknown outside their own regions The Greek record industry is currently looking to produce and capture the festive elements of the folk tunes of Central and Western Macedonia.
	www.ohfs.org /concert2001.htm (2086 words)

	macedonia . org
		The Republic of Macedonia is a Southeast European country, north of Greece and west of Bulgaria.
		Macedonian is the official language of the country and it is also spoken by the Macedonian minorities in Greece, Bulgaria, and Albania, and by the Macedonian Diaspora around the world.
		Macedonia is known for hospitality, rich culture and history, and love for good wine and great traditional food.
	www.macedonia.org (157 words)

	MUSIC
		Macedonia is the native land of the greatest present time composer - Jovan Kukuzela, who lived in the 14th century.
		Secular music is confined to national songs and dance, which are characterised by exceptional variety in melody and rhythm.
		Several festivals of music and musical events are held in Macedonia.
	www.cybermacedonia.com /music.html (203 words)

	The Truth About Macedonia
		MACEDONIA is an ancient state, the legendary land of Alexander the Great of Macedon, located in southeastern Europe, in the center of the Southern Balkans.
		Today that is the Republic of MACEDONIA which is situated in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, with an area of 25,713 square kilometres bordering on Serbia and Montenegro to the north, Greece to the south, Bulgaria to the east and Albania to the west.
		The capital of the Republic of Macedonia is Skopje which is an important crossroads on routes to the Aegean and Adriatic seas.
	macedon.freewebspace.com (204 words)

	Macedonian Music
		Among the most prominent names in Byzantine church music was John Koukouzeles (14th century), a reformer of the Orthodox chant born in the village of Dzermenci near Debar.
		In 1934, the Mokranjac School of Music was opened in Skopje and an active part in its work was taken by Trajko Prokopiev and Todor Skalovski, both of whom later became distinguished Macedonian composers and founders of contemporary Macedonian music, together with Stefan Gajdov, Zivko Firfov, and Petre Bogdanov-Kocko.
		On 19th January 1947, the Association of Musicians of Macedonia was founded at the Radio Skopje Building, which laid the foundations of organised music life of the young Macedonian state.
	www.macedonia.co.uk /mcic/cultureandart/music/musicshop.htm (675 words)

	Macedonia & Greece
		Mainland Greek music, besides being dominated by reed instruments (although not to the exclusion of the fiddle), is also largely the province of professional gypsy musicians, who contract to play for a fixed fee plus a per-item payment.
		Shawm and drum music could never be described as pretty, but the shrill, piercing sound of the shawm, and the pounding double headed drum, are popular through much of the Islamic and formerly Islamic world, and in China and Nepal, on the borders of the religion's influence.
		Hristóforos Hristoforídis was born in Matsoúkas in northeastern Turkey in 1904, was expelled in 1922/3 to the Greek homeland, and was recorded in Greek Macedonia in 1977.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/mac_gree.htm (1810 words)

	UVa Music Library: Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The masterpieces of ancient pagan music / by Christodoulos Halaris.
		The Shutka music project: heartsongs from the Gypsies of Shutka, Macedonia.
		Troubadours of Allah : Sufi music from the Indus Valley.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /MusicLib/guides/wrld-disc-gen.html (322 words)

	Greek Folk Downloads - Download Greek Folk Music - Download Greek Folk MP3s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The majority of older songs bear the influence of Eastern modes (dhromi or makamia) that are either Turkish or Iranian in origin, with the dance music of mainland Greece's koumpania group -- as well as the folk music of Macedonia and Thrace -- retaining their modal background.
		The music of the Epirus region is heavily influenced by the nearby Albania and Macedonia areas, and can be divided into three distinct forms -- dance songs, drinking songs and laments, or miroloyia.
		The liveliest musical culture among the Greek islands is found on Crete, where the music is highly syncopated (ideal for dancing), performed by an ensemble typically comprised of a lira player and one or two laouto players.
	www.mp3.com /genre/849/subgenre.html (1226 words)

	Nice things at cdRoots
		The second edition of the series introduces you to one of Macedonia´s most popular groups in the vanguard for the modernized folk music, Synthesis, but also one of the many local groups that fondly cherish the tradition, Kitka.
		Marija Kostova is a prizewinning singer in the tradition of the Vlachs, one of the country´s cultural minority groups, and Xan Strájani represents the largest ethnic group, the Albanians.
		One of the country´s best-known figures in traditional music, Stojanche Kostovski makes flutes and bagpipes and demonstrates that he is also one of the foremost to play them.
	www.cdroots.com /macedonia.shtml (655 words)

	Macedonian Folk Music Instruments
		Although similar to the music of the other Bulgarian regions, the folk sound of Macedonia has its specificity.
		There is the discernable influence of the Middle Eastern music which is demonstrated through the characteristic instrumentarium employed by the Macedonian folk musicians.Good example is the wide usage of the zurna, an instrument borrowed from the Turks and not played on by the performers from other Bulgarian folk regions.
		The folk music of Macedonia is very diverse in terms of melodic forms, but also it boasts a considerable variety of keys (one can encounter even pentatonic scales),and it is especially rich rhythmically.
	members.tripod.com /~dimobetchev/music/instruments.html (368 words)

	Reality Macedonia : Ruslana in Macedonia: "Music Should be Independent of Politics" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As a country Macedonia is very close to me, we have always been close both historically and culturally.
		Macedonia has always been a multiethnic entity, where different cultures and religions lived side by side.
		Please help the Police and the Army of Republic of Macedonia protect its diversity, democratic values, and the lives of innocent people threatened by the KLA terrorists by continuing the Macedonian tradition of tolerance.
	www.realitymacedonia.org.mk /web/news_page.asp?nid=4117 (1427 words)

	Europe VARIOUS ARTISTS World Music at Global Rhythm - The Destination for World Music
		Macedonia is a small county, approximately the size of
		Numerous ethnic groups including Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Serbs, Greeks and Roma (Gypsies) have all contributed to the unique and diverse musical tradition of the countryâ”especially the Turks, thanks to five centuries of Turkish domination in the Balkans.
		The instruments used by these musicians are found in a few other places in the world, and give this music a truly original sound, not always easily accessible to Western ears, but well worth experiencing.
	www.globalrhythm.net /print.cfm?rubricarticleid=1644 (202 words)

	ARC Music Incorporated - World Music Site - South East Europe
		The music is pure, raw, often archaic and untouched by external influences - instrumental pieces, unaccompanied solo and polyphonic singing from various regions of Albania.
		In the cities Oriental musical elements are to be found, with instruments from the Arab-Persian culture.
		This album presents folk music from Slavonia (Croatia).This music is accompanied on tamburica, a plucked lute of Croatia and Vojvodina, which probably derives from an Arab long-necked lute, the tanbur.
	www.arcmusic.co.uk /inc/index.php/cPath/59 (676 words)

	MacedoniaDirect Cyber Store- handicrafts and more
		Tambura, gajda, kaval, zurla, tapan, dajre, supelka, duduk: handcrafted by respected instrument makers, these instruments are suitable for concert performances.
		Enjoy the traditional sound of Macedonia, through a variety of audio clips in this section and elsewhere on the website.
		Folk costumes and pieces of typical Macedonian folk costumes, made up of woolen or hand-spun threads, show the Macedonian ethnic individuality and identity.
	macedoniadirect.com (161 words)

	Music
		Designed to complement every aspect of worship, Macedonia's music ministry explores various music styles.
		Both 8:30 and 11:00 services present musical offerings of traditional hymns and contemporary praise and worship songs.
		Musical diversity is encouraged through solos and small group performances, with our focus on spiritual unity through one voice.
	www.mbcnc.org /pages/music.shtml (144 words)

	Assistant Professor of Music Amy Rubin
		Through that freedom, through her readiness to absorb diverse musical worlds and through her eagerness to spread the message of freedom and diversity, Rubin is introducing many to a new sound and along the way teaching Florham-Madison Campus students the value of dancing to different drummers (see Music at FDU).
		Her versatility stems from a musical background that began at age 7 and continued at the famous LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York City.
		Her international concerts have included the Synthesis Festival of 20th-Century Music in Macedonia, the National Academy of Music and the World Peace Days Festival in Slovakia and a show as a guest artist of the Dominican Republic’s Fulbright Association.
	www.fdu.edu /newspubs/magazine/00su/rubin.html (896 words)

	Amazon.co.uk Welcome: Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Macedonia - Music from Macedonia Vol.1 by Various Artists (Audio CD - 2004)
		Macedonia - Gipsy Music of Macedonia by Various Artists (Audio CD - 1996)
		Macedonia - Music from Macedonia Vol.2 by Various Artists (Audio CD - 2004)
	www.amazon.co.uk /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Macedonia&search-type=ss&page=1 (239 words)

	CD Baby: EASTERN EUROPEAN MUSIC - Eastern European and Balkan music featured on CDBaby
		This disc offers a fusion of musical genres, a unique blend of folk instruments, a cross-cultural music exploration, and a collaboration of two masters of folk music presenting an improvisation-driven, jazz-like edge to centuries-old melodies.
		This often rambunctious band plays the intricate time signatures and highly ornamented modal music that is characteristic of the Balkans with authority and joy.
		This music, at once ancient and furiously contemporary, must be heard to be believed; it will take your breath away.
	www.cdbaby.com /group/easterneuropean (711 words)

	Sladjana Jovanovic, Piano teacher - Skopje, Macedonia
		She finished her studies on the Faculty of Music Arts in Skopje with a piano major and she is completed her Master of Arts in methodology for piano teaching.
		Sladjana Jovanovic is a universal musical artist; she has studied solo singing and violina.
		Sladjana is a President of Chopin Society in Macedonia, and NIVO society which organizes seminars, concerts, competitions, forums etc. She was the President of the Music Youth of Macedonia and she cooperates with many music societies in Macedonia and abroad.
	www.pianoteachers.com /sjovanovik (242 words)

	Balkanarama: Macedonia
		Tsrvena Kniga, a band from Australia, plays Macedonian music and has both a CD (with sound samples) and book of musical transcriptions available.
		A wonderful, anonymous archive of written music and MIDI arrangements for traditional songs from Tetovo.
		Genealogy Macedonia's music page includes several RealAudio recordings.
	balkanarama.com /macedonia.htm (285 words)

	Music from Macedonia, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 / RootsWorld Recording Review
		Sitting square in the middle of the Balkan Peninsula, the historically contested country of Macedonia has absorbed, for better or worse, the cultures of the countries surrounding it.
		These two releases feature some of Macedonia's most renowned musicians, and a more varied lot you'd be hard pressed to find.
		Traditional instruments such as kaval, zurla, and tapan (double-headed drum) and close female harmonies mesh with jazz piano and drums for folk music with a contemporary sweep.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/macedonia2.shtml (418 words)

	King Ferus Mustafov - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		King Ferus Mustafov is a major star in his homeland of Macedonia, where sales of his albums average more than 100,000 copies.
		A highly skilled instrumentalist and master improviser, Mustafov has helped to turn the gypsy wedding music of Macedonia into an international phenomenon.
		Since building a six-track recording studio in his bedroom, in the late '80s, Mustafov has produced recordings by such Macedonian gypsy performers as Kurtis Jasarov, Medo Cun, and Demir Agusev.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,534253,00.html (253 words)

	Macedonia News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
		Crouch at crest of England's defeat of Macedonia
		MACEDONIA: DUI, PDP to Boycott Parliament But Won't Give Up Their Mandates
		Macedonia 0 England 1 - European Championships qualification
	www.einnews.com /macedonia (562 words)

	Balkan Cafe Music Series
		There are tables for listening and a dance floor if you choose to move.
		Experience really excellent regional folk music in an informal setting.
		Doors open at 8 pm, live music begins at 8:30 pm.
	www.mindspring.com /~ginbirch/FDF/bcafe.htm (179 words)

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