Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

Autor: Nemanja Ostojić

Ten Balkan songs arranged for guitar

The following collection of arrangements is born out of my decade-long desire to experience performing Serbian and Former Yugoslavian folk and popular songs and melodies on the most unlikely of instruments, the Spanish classical guitar. In addition, I have always felt a need to introduce something original and unique to the field of classical guitar, to share an important piece of my personal musical identity with my students, colleagues, and audiences alike. Through this collection, I intend to tell a story of a synthesis of various musical influences I have experienced in my life and education thus far, from my childhood in my native Serbia and to my adult life as an immigrant and an artist in the United States. Located at the “bumper of Europe”, at the border of East and West, today’s Serbian music is a concoction resulting from millennia of turbulent events and tribal migrations. From Romans to Celts, Ottomans to Hapsburgs, Germans to Slavs, as well as many others who once claimed today’s Serbian territories, all have brought their rich cultural and musical influences, however often very distinct from each other. Thus, unsurprisingly, the pieces below are varied in character, mood, tonal form, and so are the guitar techniques and timbres that I’ve selected for...


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