NORTH MACEDONIA – MACÉDOINE DU NORD Macedonian Folk Dances Vol. III – Folkraft Records LP 25

NORTH MACEDONIA – MACÉDOINE DU NORD

Macedonian Folk Dances Vol. III – Folkraft  Records LP 25, recorded by Dennis Boxell in 1964, (LP)

 

This fascinating LP on the American Folkraft Records label, showcasing folk dance music recorded in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – now North Macedonia – exemplifies the intense, fluid, and quirky sound textures and complex rhythms found in many Balkan musical traditions. The dance musics here include village orchestras and brass bands (A1, A3, A4, B1, B4), zurla double-reed oboes (A2, A5, B3, B5), gadja bagpipes (A4, A6), kaval rim-blown flutes (B2), clarinets (A1), accordions (A1, A4) and large tapan drums (A2, A5, B2, B3, B5). 

Regional Macedonian folk dances, performed in villages during religious and national holidays and weddings, are central to North Macedonian culture and identity.

Cet album sur le label américain Folkraft Records présente des musiques de danse folklorique enregistrées dans l'ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine – aujourd'hui la Macédoine du Nord. Ces superbes sonorités reflètent les textures sonores intenses, fluides et déroutantes, ainsi que les rythmes complexes de nombreuses autres traditions musicales des Balkans. Ces musiques de danse comprennent des orchestres de village (A1, A3, A4, B1, B4), des hautbois zurla à anche double (A2, A5, B3, B5), des cornemuses gadja (A4, A6), des flûtes kaval (B2), des clarinettes (A1), des accordéons (A1, A4) et des grands tambours tapan (A2, A5, B2, B3, B5).

Les danses folkloriques régionales macédoniennes exécutées dans des villages, lors de fêtes religieuses et nationales ou de mariages, sont au cœur de la culture et de l'identité nord-macédonienne.

A1 – Zensko Krsteno (crossing dance) – Women’s line dance,

Orchestra with accordion (Kočo Petrovski) and clarinet (Tale Ognenovski), Skopje region.

A2 – Toska (skirt of a warrior’s costume) – Men’s line dance,

Zurlas (Arif Fazliev and Mefaj Fazliev) and tapan drum (Njazi Idrizov), Vardar Valley region.

A3 – Patrunino (from the girl’s name Patruna) – Line dance, 

Promahi Village Brass Band.

A4 Sadilo Mome (a girl was planting) – Line dance, 

Orchestra with accordion (Kočo Petrovski) and bagpipes (Pece Atanasovski), Lazaropolje region, Western Macedonia.

A5 – Lesnoto (light and easy) – Line dance,

Zurlas (Arif Fazliev & Mefaj Fazliev) and tapan drum (Njazi Idrizov).

A6 – Gajda (bagpipe) – Line dance,

Gadja bagpipe.

B1 – Cuperlika – Women’s line dance,

Orchestra, Titov Veles.

B2 – Ratevka (derived from the village of Ratevo) – Line dance,

Kaval (Mile Kolarov) and tapan (Atanas Kolarovski), Ratevo, Eastern Macedonia.

B3 – U Selo Tapan Cukase (beating the tapan drum in the village),

Zurlas (Arif Fazliev, Mefaj Fazliev) and tapan (Njazi Idrizov), Skopje region

B4 – Adana (a town in Turkey) – Men’s line dance,

Orchestra, Skopje region.

B5 – Cifte Camces – Men’s warrior dance, 

Zurlas (Arif Fazliev, Mefaj Fazliev) and tapan drum (Njazi Idrizov), Southern Macedonia.

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About Dennis Boxell (1940-2010) here

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Muzika I Tradicija - Peste Vol. 1 - PGP RTB LPV 190, 1958 here 

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gadja bagpipe player:

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zurla oboes and tapan drum:

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