Folk Songs & Dances From The Balkans - Pan Flute Book/CD Set

CP061BCD FOLK SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE BALKANS - PANFLUTE EDITION is a small, but representative collection of well-known and lesser-known beautiful melodies from the Balkans. The difference between the folk music from Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Dalmatia, Turkey or Slovenia is very easy to hear. There are also distinct regional differences inside these national styles. This great cultural diversity is transmitted to the music of these peoples, which constitutes an important part of their lives and traditions. The types and styles of vocal and instrumental folk music are very different: slow old epic ballads with archaic form and rich ornaments, vital songs with beautiful melodies and various texts about all the human feelings (love, satirical, drinking, lullabies, etc), pastoral songs, dynamic male or female dances for large and small groups performed in an open or closed circle, semicircle, straight or winding line. The carefully chosen the melodies offer a rich, enjoyable and varied book. The arrangements and other adaptations (keys, ornaments, etc.) have been introduced to make this beautiful South-Eastern European music more suitable for performance on the panflute. It is recommended to repeat each piece 3-4 times because the melodies (like all folk songs in the world) are very short. Titles included: Bulgaria Rachenitza Angelina Children's Song Quick Circle Dance Elena's Horo Dajcovo's Horo GREECE On the Mountain of Zalongou Yerakina Hassapiko (The Butcher's Dance) Syrto Mother Turks Tsakonico (Dance from Tsakonia) My Little Ribbon Kalamatiano (Dance from Kalamata) TURKEY Jasmine Dark Blue Grapes My Boy, My Boy Love the Girls ROMANIA Radu, Darling Good Is the Rosé Wine  I'm Going to Cross the River Olt The Old Man’s Dance from Arbore Dance from Moldavia Play Again, Your Violin Old-fashioned Dance Sârba from Ploiesti SLOVENIA There, Behind the Izar How Can I Love Somebody Dance from Koroska The Sun Set Behind the Hill Spring CROATIA A Boy and Girl’s Desire The Stream of Lepenica I'll Fall in Sleep When the Violets Come Out Marica Patriotic Song Flute Piano DALMATIA One Little Marten The Little Shepherdess My Green Rosemary SERBIA The Dance of Old Glisha Miloshevo's Kolo Mara Watch the Sheep The Girl from Sumadija The Old Women from Gradista When the Roses Bloom Vlainjica's Kolo BOSNIA Sarajevo, Beautiful Place Mara Crosses Over the Bosna The Carnation The Big Market from Prijedor Jumping Dance MACEDONIA Coloured Socks I Am Marooned in the Mountains Who Do You Love? The First Love Are You Home My Love? The Bad Grandfather Grape Gathering ALBANIA I Must Marry an Old Man Love Song You May Not Stay Long in Life, Grey Horse A Room With a Ceiling