Bulgarian music is part of the Balkan tradition, which stretches across Southeastern Europe, and has its own distinctive sound. Traditional Bulgarian music has had more international success than its neighbors due to the breakout international success of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, a woman's choir that has topped world music charts across Europe and even farther abroad. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares was a musical ensemble, created in Bulgaria in 1951. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

• NOTE: Bulgarian is written using the Cyrillic alphabet, so transliterations into the Roman alphabet will result in minor variations of spelling (e.g., paidushko and padushka, gadulka and g'dulka).

Bulgarian vocals are said to be "open-throated", though this is somewhat of a misnomer. Singers actually focus their voices in a way that gives the sound a distinctive "edge", and makes the voice carry over long distances. The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is actually a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by certain Slavic languages — Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian—as well as many other languages of the former Soviet Union...

Instruments

Bulgarian music uses a wide range of instruments. Many folk instruments are variants of traditional Turkish instruments such as the "Saz" (Bulgarian tambura), or the kemençe (Bulgarian gadulka). More modern style instruments are often used in the more modern dance music that was an offshoot of traditional village music. This article is about the music instrument. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pandura. ... We dont have an article called Kemençe Start this article Search for Kemençe in. ... Gadulka Tuning The Gadulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка) is a folk Bulgarian string musical instrument played with a bow. ...

Folk instruments

Bulgarian bands use instruments that commonly include:

• The gaida, a traditional goat-skin bagpipe. There are two common types of gaida. The Thracian gaida is tuned either in D or in A. The Rhodopi gaida, called the kaba gaida, is larger, has a much deeper sound and is tuned in F.
• The kaval, an end-blown flute that is very close to the Turkish kaval, as well as the Arabic "Ney."
• The gadulka, a bowed string instrument perhaps descended from the rebec, held vertically, with melody and sympathetic strings
• The tǔpan, a large frame drum worn over the shoulder by the player and hit with a beater ("kiyak") on one side and a thin stick ("osier") on the other
• The tambura, a long-necked metal-strung lute used for rhythmic accompaniment as well as melodic solos
• The tarabuka or dumbek, an hourglass-shaped finger-drum. It is very similar to the Turkish and North African "darbooka" and the Greek "doumbeleki"

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Instruments used in "Bulgarian Wedding Music"

• Accordion
• Clarinet
• Saxophone
• Drum set
• Electric bass
• Electric guitar

The new professional musicians of traditional Bulgarian instruments soon reached new heights of innovation, expanding the capacities of the gaida (Kostadin Varimezov and Nikola Atanasov), gadulka (Mihail Marinov, Atanas Vulchev) and kaval (Stoyan Chobanov, Nikola Ganchev, Stoyan Velichkov). Other, factory-made instruments had arrived in Bulgaria in the 19th century, including the accordion. Bulgarian accordion music was defined by Boris Karlov and later Gypsy musicians including Kosta Kolev and Ibro Lolov. In 1965, the Ministry of Culture founded the Koprivshtitsa National Music Festival, which has become an important event, held once every five years, showcasing Bulgarian music, singing and dance. The last festival was in August of 2005. This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ... An extended 4-piece drum kit A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... An electric guitar An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Boris Karlov (11 August, 1924 - 12 December, 1964) was a Bulgarian accordionist. ... The Lyutov House, a mid-19th century house in Koprivshtitsa Characteristic architecture in Koprivshtitsa The roofs of the old buildings The Oslekov House Overview of the town The Karavelov House Koprivshtitsa (Bulgarian: ; , from the Bulgarian word , kopriva, meaning nettle) is a historic town in Sofia Province, central Bulgaria, lying on...

Folk music

Regional styles abound in Bulgaria. Dobrudzha, Sofia, Rodopi, Bulgarian Macedonia (the Pirin region), Thrace and the Danube shore all have distinctive sounds. Folk music revolved around holidays like Christmas, New Year's Day, midsummer, and the Feast of St. Lazarus, as well as the Strandzha region's unusual Nestinarstvo rites, in which villagers fell into a trance and danced on hot coals as part of the joint feast of Sts Konstantin and Elena on May 21. Music was also a part of more personal celebrations such as weddings. Singing has always been a tradition for both men and women. Songs were often sung by women at work parties such as the sedenka (often attended by young men and women in search of partners to court), betrothal ceremonies, and just for fun. A special form of song, the lament, was sung not only at funerals but also upon the departure of young men for military service. Dobruja or sometimes Dobrudja (Dobrogea in Romanian, Dobrudzha in Bulgarian, Dobruca in Turkish) is the territory between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, which includes the Danube Delta and the Romanian sea-shore. ... This article is about the capital of Bulgaria. ... The Rhodopes (also spelled Rodopi) are a mountain range, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. ... Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak  Thrace (Bulgarian: , Greek: , Attic Greek: ThrāíkÄ“ or ThrēíkÄ“, Latin: , Turkish: ) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... This article is about the Danube River. ... Lazarus raised from the grave by Jesus, painting by the Swedish artist Karl Isakson (c. ... View from Papiya Peak (502 m) in Bulgarian Strandzha A landscape from the Bulgarian part of Strandzha Strandzha (Bulgarian: , also transliterated as Strandja and Stranja; Turkish: Yıldız DaÄŸları or Istranca) is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey, in the southeastern part... Nestinarstvo - The Nestinari dance is one of the most authentical Bulgarian rituals. ... Head of Constantines colossal statue at Musei Capitolini Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[1] (February 27, 272–May 22, 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic[2] Christians) Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops on... Flavia Iulia Helena, also known as Saint Helena, Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nuptial is the adjective of wedding. It is used for example in zoology to denote plumage, coloration, behavior, etc related to or occurring in the mating season. ...

The most important state-supported orchestra of this era was the Sofia-based State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances, led by Philip Koutev. Koutev has become perhaps the most influential musician of 20th century Bulgaria, and updated rural music with more accessible harmonies to great domestic acclaim. In 1951, Koutev founded the group known today as the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, which became famous worldwide after the release of a series of recordings entitled Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. The Pirin Folk Ensemble (Bulgarian: , Folkloren ansambal „Pirin“) (also Pirin Folk Song and Dances State Ensemble, Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble) is a Bulgarian performance group. ... Harmony is the use and study of pitch simultaneity, and therefore chords, actual or implied, in music. ... The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir is a musical ensemble, created in Bulgaria in 1951 by Philip Koutev, the father of Bulgarian concert folk music. ...

The distinctive sounds of women's choirs in Bulgarian folk music come partly from their unique rhythms, harmony and polyphony, such as the use of close intervals like the major second and the singing of a drone accompaniment underneath the melody, especially common in songs from the Shope region around the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Pirin region. In addition to Koutev, who pioneered many of the harmonies, and composed several songs that were covered by other groups, (especially Tedora), various women's vocal groups gained popularity, including Trio Bulgarka, consisting of Yanka Roupkina, Eva Georgieva, and Stoyanka Boneva, some of whom were included in the "Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices" tours. Polyphony is a musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). ... A major second is one of three commonly occuring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the minor second, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented second, which is one semitone larger. ... A Bulgarian vocal ensemble, previously known as Bulgarka Folk Trio. ...

During the Communist era, some musicians lived outside the state-supported music scene. Without official support, wedding bands were also without official limitations on their music, leading to fusions with foreign styles and instruments. 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. Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak  Thrace (Bulgarian: , Greek: , Attic Greek: ThrāíkÄ“ or ThrēíkÄ“, Latin: , Turkish: ) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Ivo Papasov is a Bulgarian clarinetist, born in 1952 in Kurdzhali, Bulgaria. ...

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Folk dances

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The most distinctive feature of Balkan folk dance music is its complex rhythms (compared to Western music), which are built using combinations of groups of 2 ("quick") and 3 ("slow") beats. All of the basic folk dances use a distinct combination of these rhythmic "units". Some examples are lesnoto, "the slow one,"(7 beats divided 3-2-2), kopanitsa (11 beats divided 2-2-3-2-2), rachenitsa (2-2-3), paidushko (a skipping beat of 2-3) and "pravo horo", which can either be standard 4/4 or 6/8. Some rhythms with the same number of beats can be divided in different ways: for example, 8-beat rhythms can be divided 2-3-3, 3-2-3, 3-3-2, 2-2-2-2, 2-2-4, 2-4-2, 4-2-2, or even 4-4.

Selected discography of folk music

• Music of Bulgaria Original 1955 Recording (Nonesuch 9 72011) Early recordings of Philip Koutev and the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic.

• Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (Nonesuch 9 79165 in the U.S., 4AD Records CAD603CD in the UK) The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Choir, directed by Philip Koutev and Krasimir Kyurkchiyski. This is the world hit that introduced many to Bulgarian music. It is actually a collection of recordings by various artists and groups. A group that included some of these singers (and others) toured under this name.

• New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music, the Yuri Yunakov Ensemble (Traditional Crossroads 4283). Yunakov, a Bulgarian Roma saxophonist, is one of the creators, with clarinetist Ivo Papazov, of the modern Bulgarian "wedding music" movement. This album highlights his amalgamation of traditional Bulgarian music with more modern elements from rock and jazz.

• Village Music of Bulgaria (Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79195) Two albums of field recordings on one CD (A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride, and In the Shadow of the Mountain). One of the tracks, a recording of "Izlel je Delyo Hajdutin", was included by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on the Voyager Golden Record.

• Balkana The Music of Bulgaria (Hannibal HNCD 1335) Many of the songs are by Trio Bulgarka or one of its members.

• The Forest is Crying (Lament for Indje Voivoda) by The Trio Bulgarka (Hannibal HNCD 1342)

• Two Girls Started to Sing ... Bulgarian Village Singing (Rounder CD 1055) Field recordings

• Bulgarian Soul Bulgarian operatic mezzo Vesselina Kasarova sings Bulgarian folk songs with the Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria. Songs are arranged by the Bulgarian composer Krassimir Kyurkchiyski and accompanied by the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra.

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Pop and rock

Rock and metal

• Ahat
• Analgin
• Another Day
• Bai Vute - actual name Georgy Vutov
• Balkandji
• Bandaracite
• Barabi Blues Band
• B.F.H.
• Brothers In Blood
• B.T.R.
• Crowfish
• Diana Ekspres
• Distorment
• Epizod
• Face Up
• Faktor
• Frontpoint
• FSB
• Gabana
• Hipodil
• Holera
• Indignity
• Klas
• KPD-0
• Kontrol
• Kukeri
• Last Hope
• Marin Yonchev
• Never Again
• Not Broken In Spirit
• Nova Generacia
• Obraten Efekt
• Ostava
• Outrage
• Pantommind
• the paperbax
• Pizza
• Poduene Blues Band
• Review
• Shturtzite
• Signal
• Skinflick
• Srebyrnite grivni
• Tangra
• Voice of Glass
• Wickeda

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Reggae

• Root Souljah - roots reggae pioneers in Bulgaria

Rap

• DRS (Dope Reach Squad)
• Horata na Izgreva (The Sunrise People)
• Misho Shamara (Former Member of Gumeni Glavi)
• O.C.G.
• Rumaneca & Enchev
• Spens
• Slim
• Upsurt
• Vanko 1
• X-Team
• Shu Tzu
• Ustata
• BZD

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Pop

• Argirovi Brothers
• Azis (Vasil Troyanov Boyanov)
• Emil Dimitrov
• Lea Dimitrova
• Domino
• Pasha Hristova
• Yordanka Hristova
• Isihia Isihia
• Lili Ivanova
• Mimi Ivanova
• Bogdana Karadocheva
• Mary Boys Band
• Vasil Naidenov
• Mariana Popova
• Riton Duet
• Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov (Eurovision Song Contest 5th)
• Tonika
• Traichevi Duet

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Jazz

• Acoustic Version
• Yildiz Ibrahimova
• Milcho Leviev
• Simeon Venkov - Moni
• Vasil Parmakov
• Jivko Petrov
• Simeon Shterev
• Theodosii Spassov
• Rumen Toskov
• Anatoly Vapirov
• Veselin Veselinov - Eko
• Michail Yossifov
• Hristo Yotzov
• Rossen Zahariev

Yıldız İbrahimova (Bulgarian: , Turkish: ) (b. ... Milcho Leviev (December 19, 1937, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist. ... Theodosii Spassov is a Bulgarian jazz musician who play kaval. ...

World

• Georgi Yanev and Orpheus Orchestra
• Ivo Papasov and His Wedding Band
• Ikadem Orkestar
• Karandila Gypsy Brass Orchestra
• Korova

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Classical

Rossen Milanov

• Gheorghi Arnaoudov
• Boris Christoff
• Ghena Dimitrova
• Nicolai Ghiaurov
• Nicola Ghiuzelev
• Dobri Hristov
• Konstantin Iliev
• Raina Kabaivanska
• Vesselina Kasarova
• Anatoli Krastev
• Neva Krysteva
• Rossen Milanov
• Milen Nachev
• Dobrin Petkov
• Svetla Protich
• Anna-Tomowa Sintow
• Emil Tabakov
• Emil Tchakarov
• Nayden Todorov
• Hristo Tsanoff
• Georgi Tutev
• Veneta Vicheva
• Pancho Vladigerov

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Orchestras

New Symphony Orchestra The New Symphony Orchestra is one of the best known orchestra in Bulgaria. ...

See also

• Music of Thrace
• Chalga
• Bulgarian dances

References

• Burton, Kim. "The Mystery Voice". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 36-45. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
• Vollan, Ståle Tvete. "Bulgarsk folkemusikk - musikktradisjon og feltarbeid". 1999. Trondheim, Norway. Master Thesis in Musicology + 1 CD, NTNU More info.
• Forsyth, Martha (1996). Listen, Daughter and Remember Well…: The Songs and Life of Línka Gékova Gérgova from the Village of Bístritsa. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press. ISBN 954-07-0765-X. 

External links

• BalkanFolk - Bulgarian Folk Music and Traditions
• Bulgarvoice.com - Bulgarian On-line Music Library
• Isihia
• Lili Ivanova
• Lot Lorien.com - Bulgarian folk fusion band
• Master Thesis in Musicology + references, disocgraphy and more, by Ståle Tvete Vollan
• Mariana Popova
• Messechina Music - Bulgarian music management and production company (mainly world and jazz)
• Nayden Todorov
• Radio Bulgaria - Music - Radio Bulgaria's Music section (listen online for free)
• Skank!Bulgaria - A Bulgarian forum about Ska, Reggae, Oi, Punk and more
• Shturtzite
• Stain Studio - Bulgarian record label for contemporary music...
• Tokkata - music news in Bulgarian language
• Vasil Naidenov
• Voxbulgar - Bulgarian Folk Sheet Music Online