BULGARIA Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234

BULGARIA
Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234, recorded in Bulgaria by Martin Koenig and Ethel Raim in 1968 (LP)

The essential LP recorded by Ethel Raim and Martin Koenig in the Summer of 1968 presents a panorama of Bulgarian village song and dance from the regions of the Mid-Western Shope (A1 A5, A6), Southwestern Pirm-Macedonia (A3, A4), Southeastern Thrace (A2) and Southern Rhodope (Side B). Despite Bulgaria’s four-century Ottoman occupation, this distinctive music is a powerful affirmation of Bulgarian culture.

These stately tracks, featuring a cappella or accompanied female vocals (A1, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B5), male vocals (B4), the 7-hole kaval flute (A2, A4), goat-skin gaida bagpipes (A4, B1, B4, B6), gadulka bowed fiddles (A4, A6) and two-sided tapan drum (A4), weave rich sonorities, complex rhythms and fascinating harmonies.

Ce vinyl essentiel enregistré en 1968 par Ethel Raim et Martin Koenig présente un panorama de chants et de danses dans des villages bulgares situés dans les régions du Shopluk à l’ouest (A1-A5, A6), de la Pirm-Macédoine au sud-ouest (A3, A4), de la Thrace au sud-est (A2) et du Rhodope au sud (Face B). En dépit de l'occupation ottomane du pays pendant quatre siècles, ces musiques intenses s’entendent comme une affirmation de l’identité bulgare.

Les rythmes complexes et les harmonies fascinantes de ces musiques s’expriment à travers des voix de femmes a cappella ou accompagnées (A1, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B5), des voix d’hommes (B4), des flûtes kaval à 7 trous (A2, A4), des cornemuses gaida en peau de chèvre (A4, B1, B4, B6), des violons à archet gadulka (A4, A6) et du tambour tapan à deux faces (A4).    

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About Ethel Raim and Martin Koenig:

https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/ethel-raim

http://www.socalfolkdance.org/master_teachers/koenig_m.htm
http://balkanechoes.com

I just received an exciting Folkways notification for the new two-CD Sound Portraits from Bulgaria – featuring some 37 tracks recorded by Martin Koenig in Bulgaria between 1966 and 1979, plus a 144-page book with photographs by Koenig – scheduled for release on November 1:
https://folkways.si.edu/sound-portraits-from-bulgaria

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