ANTHOLOGY OF BULGARIAN FOLK MUSICIANS, Volume 1

ISBN: 954-07-1650-0
Author: Thodor Bakalov Ph. D of Music
Printed in: 2002, 1st edition
Pages: 304 p., hard cover, size 24.5 x17.5 cm
Language: Text in English
Photos: There are 80 color and 50 b&w photos.

The Anthology of Bulgarian Folklore Musicians in two volumes is the first edition in English of its kind in the Bulgarian literature. It presents a panorama of the folk activities throughout the ages up to the present day, and gives a thorough and objective idea of the vocal and instrumental elite of different regions of Bulgaria.

The first volume contains the most vivid vocal and song samples in Bulgaria with their lyrics and tunes, while the second volume relates about the Bulgarian Instrumental music - popular horo- and rachenitsa-dances in 2/4, 5/16, 7/16 of both types, 8/8, 9/16, 12/16, 13/16, 15/16, 17/16, as well as non-measured melodies. The first volumes introduces 28 singers and 10 instrument players like Yanka Roupkina, Valya Balkanska, Nadejda Hvoyneva, Daniel Spassov, Ivo Papazov, etc. A huge number of pages is allotted to the clarinet player Ivo Papazov and his orchestra - his professional career being a real epoch in the folk music.

A special place is provided for the six folklore regions and sub-regions of Bulgaria and their respective most famous representatives (Thracian, Rhodope, Norhern, Shopp, Dobroudja, Macedonian) with map. At the end of the book you will find 41 musical scores of the most famous Bulgarian songs like "Dilmano Dilbero", "Lale li si, Zyumbyul li si, Gyul li si?", "More sokol pie", etc.