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Topic: Tambura (Bulgaria)

	info: BULGARIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bulgaria joined NATO on 29 March 2004 and is set to join the European Union on 1 January 2007 after signing the Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005.
		Bulgaria is comprised of the classical regions of Thrace, Moesia and Macedonia.
		According to the 2001 census, Bulgaria's population is mainly ethnic Bulgarian (83.9%), with two sizable minorities in the form of Turks (9.4%) and Roma (4.7%).
	www.mp3-midi.biz /Bulgaria (2192 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music of Bulgaria
		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, TrakiÃ®ski Solisti, Shoumen and Juzhni Vetar became popular, especially clarinetist Ivo Papasov.
		Ivo Papasov is a Bulgarian clarinetist, born in 1952 in Kurdzhali, Bulgaria.
		Koprivshtitsa (Bulgarian: Копривщица) is a town in the Sofia region of Bulgaria, lying on the Topolnitsa river among the Sredna Gora mountains.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Bulgaria (2235 words)

	A trip inside Bulgaria
		Though Bulgaria is a beautiful country to visit, I have no idea how a regular tourist could do it, as it is not very touristic friendly in general terms.
		In Etar I bought a tambura, a kind of Bulgarian mandolin, and we had a very folkloric coffee (it was raining) in a pretty small house.
		Bulgaria is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen, it is just a pity that is a bit closed for tourism.
	www.seikilos.com.ar /Bulgaria.html (2146 words)

	Music of Bulgaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Koutev has become perhaps the most influential musician of 20th century Bulgaria, and updated rural music with more accessible harmonies to great domestic acclaim.
		Other, factory-made instruments had arrived in Bulgaria in the 19th century, and included the accordion.
		Balkana The Music of Bulgaria (Hannibal HNCD 1335) Many of the songs are by Trio Bulgarka or one of its members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria (972 words)

	music-bulgaria
		Bulgaria shares its eastern border with Turkey, the western border with Yugoslavia, the northern border with Romania, and the southern border with Greece.
		In Bulgaria today, the two most important events for any family, whether living in town or country, are weddings or leaving home for the army as a part of national service.
		This area of Bulgaria which is surrounded by mountains, has remained shut off from the influence of outside world, and up to this day, the traditional ways of life is maintained from centuries.
	kayvan.freeservers.com /music-wherearewegoing/bulgaria.html (1927 words)

	Culture of Bulgaria. Who is Culture of Bulgaria? What is Culture of Bulgaria? Where is Culture of Bulgaria? Definition ...
		Bulgarian vocal style has a unique throat quality, while the singers themselves are renowned for their range.
		(Orpheus is said to be from Thrace, a region partly in Bulgaria.) Diatonic scales predominate but in the Rhodope mountains, for example, pentatonic scales occur, while in Thrace chromatic scales with augmented intervals (similar to the music of Classical Greece).
		Musical instruments (also characteristic of the whole Balkan region) include gaida (bagpipe), kaval (rim-blown flute), zurna or zurla (another woodwind), tambura (guitar-like), gadulka (violin-like), and tapan (large two-sided drum).
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Culture_of_Bulgaria (295 words)

	Balkandji - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Balkandji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		They use the poetics and the vocal melodies and harmonies that are typical for the traditional music and archaic words, that are now rarely used are not uncommon.
		As the Stara Planina mountain range used to be called "The Balkan" in Bulgaria, it also means "a man from the mountains", mainly referring to the revolutionaries and people that were hiding in Stara Planina while Bulgaria was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, hence a brave and patriotic young man.
		In the spirng of 2001, they again participated in the contest of the national radio with the song "Krali Marko", which won the first place.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Balkandji.html (1018 words)

	Tambura - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A tambura (South India; North India: tanpura) is a long-necked Indian lute, unfretted and round-bodied.
		Since the Tambura is an instrument of drone-accompaniment, it is incapable of playing melodies.
		A Tambura is also a bulgarian long necked, fretted, bouzouki-like string instrument that comes in two styles 8-string (4 pairs) and 4-string (2 pairs), played with a plectrum.
	www.free-definition.com /Tambura.html (149 words)

	Lyuti Chushki - Bulgarian Folk Music Band in the DC Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tzvety Weiner was born and raised in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and recently graduated from the University of Maryland.
		Her father, Lyuben Dossev, is one of Bulgaria’s most famous kaval players and is a professor at the Academy of Music and Dance Art in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
		Her mother, Tanya Dosseva, is one of Bulgaria’s most well-known singers, touring frequently with ‘Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares,’ and is the vocalist in one of Bulgaria’s most sought after wedding bands, the ‘Konushenska Grupa’ from Plovdiv.
	www.lyutichushki.com /about.htm (544 words)

	Traditional Bulgarian Instruments and Music
		But the tambura is in some regions a folk instrument with supposedly Turkish or Persian-Arab origin, and then, it is called "taNbura".
		In this variation it is found mainly in the south east of Bulgaria and in the mountains.
		It was traditionally the instrument of the shepherds and that is why it is often heard solo or accompanied by a large drum.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/short_tales/98503/2 (556 words)

	Un viaje a Bulgaria
		Pese a que Bulgaria es un país hermoso para visitar, no tengo idea de cómo un turista común se las puede arreglar, porque no es muy amigable turísticamente que digamos.
		En Etar compré una tambura, una especie de mandolina búlgara y tomamos un café muy folklórico (llovía a cántaros) en una casita chiquitita.
		Bulgaria es uno de los países más bellos que he visto, es una pena que esté tan cerrado al turismo.
	www.seikilos.com.ar /Bulgaria_sp.html (2134 words)

	Rumen Sirakov - tambura / cdRoots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A very mixed bag, from traditional small ensembles to large folk orchestra, present the music of the tambura, instrumental tunes, horos and rachenitsas from all around Bulgaria, led by one of Bulgaria's acclaimed masters of this stringed, lute-type instrument.
		This album is the first of a new series in which Gega New presents all musical instruments used in Bulgarian folklore, featuring instrumental tunes, horos and rachenitsas from all regions of Bulgaria.
		The tambura is one of the most widely spread musical instruments.
	www.cdroots.com /gn-278.html (363 words)

	Rumen Shopov Romani Gypsy Roma musician from Bulgaria
		RUMEN SHOPOV is a multi-talented Rom (Gypsy) musician from Gotse Delchev, Pirin, Bulgaria.
		He sings in three languages and plays Bulgarian tambura and Greek bouzouki as well as a number of modern and traditional drums.
		With his tambura he creates a veritable palette of images, moods, emotions, experiences, which are inspired by the wealth of Nevrokop (Gotse Delchev) folklore.
	www.galbeno.co.yu /musicschool/Roma/Musicians/rumen.htm (604 words)

	Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv: Teachers
		Ignat is the oldest tambura player in the Plovdiv area as well as the most respected.
		Tanya graduated from the Plovdiv Academy in 1977 and was immediately hired as a teacher at the Shiroka Luka Music High School; she was simultaneously appointed a soloist for the Academy Folk Choir, a position that she held for 11 years.
		She went to Sofia at a young age to sing with the "Shopski Ensemble", and there met her husband to be, Georgi Iliev from Gabra in the Shopluk region.
	seminar.lyutichushki.com /teachers.html (2383 words)

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		He has studied in Bulgaria, Sweden, and Norway with some of the top instrumentalists from those countries.
		Chris is a master of the guitar, kaval, and tambura.
		In Veselba she concentrates on tambura and bass as well as singing.
	www.mth.msu.edu /~sagan/Folk/Veselba/pr (177 words)

	Folk Show 'Ivan Ivanov', Varna, Bulgaria, Balkanfolk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Folk Show is estimated at 05.11.1976, with the aim to discover, to keep, and to popularise the Bulgarian folk art in Bulgaria and over the world.
		In the repertoire are included thematic and subject dances, traditions and customs from all of the folklore regions in Bulgaria, with a lively and perky character, which are easily perceived by the varied audience.
		The program is being done with an accompaniment of live orchestra (kaval, bagpipe, gadulka, tambura, accordion and drum).
	www.folkloredances.com /catalogue_Folk_Show_'Ivan_Ivanov',_Varna (232 words)

	info: BULGARIA&SECTION=9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Roman And Late Antique Archaeology in Bulgaria - A brief history of archaeological research in Bulgaria by Lyudmil F. Vagalinski..
		Caccia in Bulgaria - Organizzazione di caccia che offre battute al cinghiale, cervo, acquatici, beccaccia, tortora..
		Another Unique Discovery at Site in Bulgaria - From novinite, a unique ancient workshop for bone articles which had no parallel in antique Thrace was unearthed in the vicinity of village Sveshtari in northeast Bulgaria which is famous for the royal tomb discovered there a few years ago..
	www.info-vatican-city.com /Bulgaria§ion=9 (300 words)

	Articles - Tambura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The tambura is a type of musical instrument found in different versions in different places around the world; most are plucked lutes.
		The Bulgarian tambura is a long-necked, fretted, bouzouki-like string instrument that comes in two styles: eight-string (four pairs) and four-string (two pairs), played with a plectrum.
		Tanjore style: this is a south Indian style of tambura, used widely by Carnatic music performers.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/Tambura_%28Bulgaria%29 (314 words)

	BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC CONCERT & DANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was born and raised in Varna, Bulgaria, on the coast of the Black Sea.
		Milen Slavov, playing tambura and accordion, is both a composer and a performer.
		His compositions are still a part of the school's curriculum, and in 1994 the Koutev School honored Slavov by adopting a photograph of him, with singer Zhivka Papancheva, as their official school emblem.
	www.main.org /aftm/bulgarian.html (690 words)

	Golden Horn Productions - Balkan Journeys - Artists
		The repertoire was largely Macedonian and the instruments used were typical of the Izvorno ensembles of Jugoslavia (gaida - bagpipe, kaval - flute, tambura - two stringed mandolin, tapan and darabuka - drums).
		We wanted to do something simple and honest as a document as much as anything else and it surprises and pleases us when people tell us they weren't that crazy about the songs to begin with but that the tunes grew on them and now 'that purple tape' is one of their favorites.
		The original recording had only two driving tambura players backing the singer but we liked using one Turkish saz, one tambura and some percussion to add some buzz.
	www.goldenhorn.com /display.php4?content=artists&page=balkan_artists.html (1663 words)

	Lyuti Chushki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tsvety Dosseva Weiner was born and raised in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and recently graduated from the University of Maryland.
		Her father, Lyuben Dossev, is one of Bulgaria’s most famous kaval players and is a professor at the Plovdiv Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
		Her mother, Tanya Dosseva, is one of Bulgaria’s most well-known singers, touring frequently with ‘Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares,’ and is a regular vocalist in one of Bulgaria’s most sought after wedding bands, the ‘Konushenska Grupa’ from Plovdiv.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /weiner.larry/Ljuti_Chushki/lyuti_chushki.htm (650 words)

	Balkan traditional instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Tambura is a string instrument highly common all over the Balkans, especially in Bulgaria and Macedonia - this photo shows a Macedonian one.
		Along the edge of the dajre there are pairs of metal disks loosely attached, which produce short crisp sounds as the player strikes the dajre with the wrist and the fingers.
		For Tamburitsas, tamburas and traditional musical instruments from Croatia and and other South Slavic countries, read this.
	www.balcanto.net /www/english/instruments/index.htm (1096 words)

	bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sofia was taken by the Ottomans in 1382 and became the capital of the Turkish province of Rumelia.
		Sofia was taken by the Russians in 1878, and became the capital of an independent Bulgaria in 1879.
		Global Real Estate Tax Summary: Bulgaria General Bulgaria is a politically stable country, and the introduction of a currency board in 1997 stabilised the country's economy.
	www.gobulgaria.info /index.php (1319 words)

	LYUTI CHUSHKI - Folk Band, Washington, United States of America, Balkanfolk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lyuti Chushki is a combination of professional musicians from Bulgaria and American musicians from the Baltimore/Washington area who have been playing for festivals, weddings, concerts, and other special events since 1997.
		Their toe-tapping music, played on traditional instruments from Bulgaria, takes you back to the old country - it is joyful, evocative, compelling and lyrical, in modes and rhythms generally not found in western music.
		Their unusual instrumentation includes kaval (end-blown flute), gaida (bagpipe), gudulka (bowed stringed instrument with resonating strings), tambura (fretted instrument similar to a guitar) and tupan (large drum), all of which serves to accompany the unique Bulgarian vocal style which has a beauty all its own.
	www.folkloredances.com /catalogue_LYUTI_CHUSHKI__-_Folk_Band,__Washington (195 words)

	The Bisserov Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Their songs are varied, reflecting domestic family life, harvesting and hoeing, love and weddings, holiday celebrations and religious feasts, and even comic songs.
		The trio's expressive singing style is primitive and rich in ornaments, with rhythmic and melodic variations and the whoops of indefinite pitch peculiar to Bulgarian singing.
		Lyubimka's son Manol is a tambura player, and his brother Rossen plays drum and sings.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /weiner.larry/Bisserovi.html (465 words)

	Bulgarien.NU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Most people's knowledge of Bulgarian music is limited to the women's choir which took Britain by storm in the early 1990s: all the more reason to get hold of Anthology of Traditional Songs and Dances from Bulgaria, which sets that music in a wide and fascinating context.
		Bulgarian voices are unlike any others from the Balkan region: they have a clean, hard purity which, when singing close dissonances, cuts through the atmosphere like a peal of bells.
		If the composite impression had to be summed up in a phrase, it would have to be "lust for life"--despite the economic hardships to which these performers are prey.
	www.bulgarien.nu /print.php?sid=19&POSTNUKESID=8dc9d7e50e6d9cbdfd75b47e9d538241 (220 words)

	EEFC Mendocino Balkan Music & Dance Workshop
		Bulgarian tambura) is a native of Gotse Delchev, in SW Bulgaria.
		Master of the tambura, bouzouki, various drums as well as an accomplished singer, he was concertmaster of the Nevrokop Folk Ensemble, Bulgaria’s first national folk ensemble, for more than 20 years.
		Thracian gajda and Bulgarian village ens.) was born in Sredets, in eastern Bulgaria.
	www.eefc.org /site_archive/staff_hi_rock.htm (3034 words)

	Roza Bancseva / cdRoots
		I was born in 1950 in the village of Mlamolovo in Bulgaria.
		This recording has given Roza - a traditional singer born in a small Bulgarian village, but now living outside of Bulgaria - the rare opportunity to do more than be a representative for the music of one specific region; instead she relives and places before us, 1300 years of national music.
		Each of these five musicians is a master of his instrument (gadulka, tambura, tupan, bagpipe, and kaval) who has performed on several hundred recordings and has taken the amazing sound of Bulgarian folk music to many continents on concert tours.
	www.cdroots.com /fono-jana.html (750 words)

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		Crown of Thorns, the Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943, by Stephan Groueff.
		In addition to several chapters on history of this area, there is one chapter on Bulgaria The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans, by Dennis P. Hupchick and Harold E. Cox.
		June travels to Bulgaria with her husband and experiences upheavals after the fall of Communism.
	www.cal-webs.org /BulgarianBibliography.doc (2587 words)

	The Ultimate Tambura (Bulgaria) - American History Information Guide and Reference
		A Tambura is a bulgarian long necked, fretted, bouzouki-like string instrument that comes in two styles 8-string (4 pairs) and 4-string (2 pairs), played with a plectrum.
		As an accompaniment instrument, the tambura is tuned similarly to the first four strings of a guitar and played as such.
		As a melody instument, the tambura is tuned in fifths with the strings that aren't being played for melody sounding as drones.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Tambura_%28Bulgaria%29 (90 words)

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