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Topic: Albanian

Posted By: Arbnor
Subject: Albanian
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:23

Albanian folk music falls into three sylistic groups, with other important music areas around Shkodër and Tirana; the major groupings are the Ghegs of the north and southern Labs and Tosks. The northern and southern traditions are contrasted by the "rugged and heroic" tone of the north and the "relaxed, gentle and exceptionally beautiful" form of the south. These disparate styles are unified by "the intensity that both performers and listeners give to their music as a medium for patriotic expression and as a vehicle carrying the narrative of oral history".

Albanian folk songs can be divided into major groups, the heroic epics of the north, and the sweetly melodic lullabies, love songs, wedding music, work songs and other kinds of song. The music of various festivals and holidays is also an important part of Albanian folk song. Lullabies and laments are very important kinds of Albanian folk song, and are generally performed by solo women.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:23

GHEGS

The Ghegs from north of the Shkumbini River are known for a distinctive variety of sung epic poetry. Many of these are about Skanderbeg, a legendary 15th century warrior who led the struggle against the Turks, and the "constant Albanian themes of honour, hospitality, treachery and revenge". These traditions are a form of oral history for the Ghegs, and also "preserve and inculcate moral codes and social values".
Styles of epics also include the këngë trimash/kreshnikësh (Songs of brave men/frontier warriors), ballads and Vajtims maje krahi (cries). Major epics include Mujo and Halil and Halil and Hajrije.
The most traditional variety of epic poetry is the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors. These epic poems are sung, accompanied by a lahuta, a one-stringed fiddle.
Somewhat further south, around Dibër and Kërçovë in Macedonia, the lahuta is not used, replaced by the çifteli, a two-stringed instrument in which one string is used for the drone and one for the melody. Though men are the traditional performers (exception made for the sworn virgins), women have increasingly been taking part in epic balladry.
Along with the def, çifteli and sharki are used in a style of dance and pastoral songs. Homemade wind instruments are traditionally used by shepherds in northern Albania; these include the zumarë, an unusual kind of clarinet. This shepherds' music is "melancholic and contemplative" in tone. The songs called maje-krahi are another important part of North Albanian folk song; these were originally used by mountaineers to communicate over wide distances, but are now seen as songs. Maje-krahi songs require the full range of the voice and are full of "melismatic nuances and falsetto cries".

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:25

TOSKS

Southern Albanian music is soft and gentle, and polyphonic in nature. Vlorë in the southwest has perhaps the most unusual vocal traditions in the area, with four distinct parts (taker, thrower, turner and drone) that combine to create a complex and emotionally cathartic melody. Author Kim Burton has described the melodies as "decorated with falsetto and vibrato, sometimes interrupted by wild and mournful cries". This polyphonic vocal music is full of power that "stems from the tension between the immense emotional weight it carries, rooted in centuries of pride, poverty and oppression, and the strictly formal, almost ritualistic nature of its structure".
South Albania is also known for funeral laments with a chorus and one to two soloists with overlapping, mournful voices.

The Tosk people are known for ensembles consisting of violins, clarinets and def.
Southern instrumental music includes the sedate kaba, an ensemble-driven by a clarinet or violin alongside accordions and llautës. The kaba is an improvised and melancholic style with melodies that Kim Burton describes as "both fresh and ancient", "ornamented with swoops, glides and growls of an almost vocal quality", exemplifying the "combination of passion with restraint that is the hallmark of Albanian culture."

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:36

Traditional music in Kosovo

RAPSODI

Rapsodi is a special traditional music genre. Rapsodi are poetry mainly about homeland,war and famous warriors. They are always accompanied with instruments such as Ciftelia or Sharkia.In a special way, they are patriotic songs which are dedicated to brave warriors,continuous wars against the Turkish and Serbia. Rapsodi is also known for its charismatic interpretation, for the old traditional Kosovo away from every oriental element that represents, for the clear pronunciation of the word, for his distinctive vocals, gestures, and acting in singing as well. Their topics were very actual because they always tell a homeland story by singing.

SOFRAT

Sofrat represents a group of male artists and singers who sing together siting around the table. Their songs are mostly folklore with different social topics which are followed by generations.These songs are accompanied with many instruments.The musicians are also part of sofra. Sofrat, organized into traditional orders represent a precious treasure of cultural heritage in Kosovo.Lots of traditional artists have become famous from their interpretations in Sofra. Depending from the rhythm, sofra songs can be accompanied with various traditional dances. Most popular sofras are Sofra Pejane,Sofra Gjakovare etc. Nowadays, sofra continues to be very popular and present almost in every wedding.It happens to be organized also as a part of cultural program in some cities.

WEDDING SONGS

These songs are characteristic for weddings. They're separated on two parts. The first part are Songs for the bride before she gets married. They're usually accompanied with Def - a traditional instrument and are similar to poetry. Most of those songs are original creations that are a moment dedication for that person getting married. The second part are songs for the couple. They are accompanied with lots of instruments and have interesting topics. Some of them express congratulations for the couple, characteristics of living together etc. Wedding Songs usually goes together with specific traditional dance, therefore they are interesting and important because represents also lots of general Kosovar tradition information.

DIRGE (Kenge Vaji)

Its one of the most famous Albanians characteristics. They represent an original and very emotional creations which are dedicated to a close and beloved person after their death.It is specific because its an art born from the suffer. This genre is almost the oldest.It has many variations and it is very popular because it has to do with a special condition that people confront in their daily life. Dirge can be created from one or more persons. The most difficult and rarest variation is The polyphonic Dirge because it needs four participants to be in a harmony.

LULLABIES

Lullabies are short poetic monologues, where the parents express their wishes about their children before sleep. The most usual artistic and literary figures that are used are comparison and personification. They're too lyrical. Their characteristic is that most of them start with "Nani-nani djalin/vajzen" or "Nina-nana". Lullabies are the finest representative about expressing parental love and the irreplaceable role of family in Kosovo tradition.

Traditional music instruments

CIFTELIA

Ciftelia is an original unique instrument in Kosovo. This is a two-stringed instrument in which one string is used for the drone and one for the melody.It's wooden instrument with a small head and a long tail.It is used in a style of dance and pastoral songs, mostly on Kosovo and it is known as a Gheg Instrument. Together with Sharkia it represent a strong traditional instrument and are characteristics of rapsodian genre.

SHARKIA

Sharkia it’s a traditional instrument usually with five wire (2+1+2). There are also some other kinds of sharkia, one of them is with 12 wires. Sharkia’s sounds are deep and vibrant. Often this instrument is accompanied with a good part of lyrical and epic songs, as well as various popular traditional dance. Sharkia is known as complex instrument, is used alone or in orchestral formations as the main tool. The most characteristic thing about sharkia, is that the play focuses primarily on the first wire, two others run iso. In entrances and ends of phrases is included the third wire, which gives basic tone. This creates a special effects, which are characteristic of this instrument.

LAHUTA

Lahuta is a typical Kosovarian instrument which is formed by an arc and chord consisting horse hair since 1950. Lahuta’s shape is semi-spherical and covered with tanned leather which gripped the sides of its wooden pegs. Lahuta often is decorated with symbols of ancient cults as the head of the goat, snake, or historical figures. Lahuta’s sound is nasal and fits very well with the content of epic songs.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:37

FOLK DANCES

Albanian folk dances show a very diverse pattern of styles and characteristics, which makes it impossible to make a general description in order to distinguish them as “Albanian” . On one side there are big differences between the dances from the Gheg people in the north and Tosk people in the south, on the other side we have the influences of the neighboring countries and the influences from foreign invaders from the past. In general the folk dances might be divided into two groups: the Urban and Rural dances. The city dances from Tirana, Elbasan, Berat and other cities are very different in character and style than those of the rural areas around those cities. This is also the case with the folk music. The urban style developed differently from the rural regions, which expressed itself in different costumes, music, songs and dances. This urban style had its reflections on neighboring villages also, but not an overall influence to the country side. As for the rural folk dances we might divide them in dances from the North, the South and the Middle of Albania, but no strict borders between these regions. The south is generally divided in Toskëria, Myzeqë, Labëria and Çamëria, but there are specific areas within these regions which have a specific tradition: Lunxhëria, Tepelenës and Zagoria for example. These areas have their specific style and character of folk dances which cannot be classified in the general division and do not match with the overall common folk dances within the region. The North, being Gheg country, is rather clear, the style and character is almost the same in each district, although there are some minor differences. Folk dances from the Tropoja district have a distinct character and style, as also the Dibër district has, but originates from the same source as the other districts in the region. The Middle of Albania is something quite different. Here we find a combination of Gheg and Tosk elements. The ethnic division of Ghegs and Tosks is well illustrated by the difference in dances and costumes, but also in the music accompanying the dances. The music to the dances of the Ghegs is often accompanied by either zurla and tapan (Surle and Lodra in Albanian) , def or daire or orchestra with ciftelije, sharkije and flutes. The ciftelije is unique for the northern Albanian music. The southern Tosk dances are usually accompanied by a “sazet”, an orchestra with def, violin, clarinet, llauto and fiz-harmonika. The central Albanian dances, especially the urban dances are accompanied with orchestras which combine the instrumentation of both northern and southern regions. The clarinet is often leading here, but might be in the company of a tapan (Lodra) or def. In the Myzeqë region a smaller variant to the zurla is also in use. No need to say that in these days the electric key boards have replaced instruments like the gajda and other traditional instruments.

The names of the dances

Although the separate dances had their own names (and some still have) the dances are often named by the region where they come from. The most common form is Valle, but also Vallja is used.
This might cause confusion as one Valle Korçare is not the same dance as another Valle Korçare. Both dances are from the Korça region, but might differ in character and style. Valle Kuksit or Vallja e Kukës are both accepted as names for the same dance. The best way to translate this is Kukës-dance and Dance from Kukës. Especially in Kosovo the old term Kërçim, or shortened to K’cim, is also in use. In order to make it clear which dance is mentioned the title of the song to which the dance is executed, or the specific style or gender of the dancers can be added to the name.The most popular dances are the Valle Pogonishte for whatever festivity, Valle Napoloni for wedding parties, Valle Kuksit and the Valle Shamia e Beqarit, which is the last dance at a wedding party, danced by the bride and groom, burning the bachelor’s kerchief.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:38

Iso-Polyphony

The traditional Albanian polyphonic music can be divided into two major stylistic groups as performed by the Ghegs of northern Albania and Tosks and Labs living in the southern part of the country.
The term iso is related to the ison of Byzantine church music and refers to the drone, which accompanies the polyphonic singing. The drone is performed in two ways: among the Tosks, it is always continuous and sung on the syllable ‘e’, using staggered breathing; while among the Labs, the drone is sometimes sung as a rhythmic tone, performed to the text of the song. It can be differentiated between two-, three- and four-voice polyphony. Two-voice iso-polyphony represents the simplest form of Albanian polyphony and is popular all over southern Albania.
Iso-polyphony is practised mainly by men, but there is a number of female singers, too. The music is performed at a wide range of social events, such as weddings, funerals, harvest feasts, religious celebrations and festivals such as the well-known Albanian folk festival in Gjirokastra.
Albanian iso-polyphony is characterised by songs consisting of three parts: two solo parts, a melody and a countermelody with a choral drone. Four-part singing is found less often and only among the Labs. This form consists also of two solo parts, but is accompanied by a double drone, one choral and one solo. The structure of the solo parts differs according to the different ways of performing the drone, but there is also a great variety of structures within the two drone types, especially in the pedal style that is popular with all groups performing this music.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:44

Folk music (Kosovo)

Kosovo Albanians are ethnic Albanians with ancestry or descent in the region.

They are Ghegs and speak Gheg Albanian, more specifically the Northern and Northeastern Gheg variants.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 18:49

Folk music (Macedonia)

The Albanian minority lives mostly in the north-western part of the country. The largest Albanian communities are in the municipalities of Tetovo, Gostivar, Debar, Struga, Kičevo, Kumanovo and Skopje. Except for a small Tosk population around lakes Prespa and Ohrid, all ethnic Albanians in Macedonia are Ghegs.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:02

Folk music(Montenegro)

Albanians of Montenegro are Ghegs who mainly live in South-Eastern Montenegro, in the region commonly known as Malesija as well as in the municipality of Ulcinj.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:04

Folk music (North Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:06

Folk music (Central Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:08

Folk music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:15

Folk music (Chameria)

Chams are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the coastal region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:16

Folk music (Arvanites)

Arvanites are a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of the Albanian language. They settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages and were the dominant population element of some regions of the Peloponnese and Attica until the 19th century.Arvanites today self-identify as Greeks.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2013 at 19:18

Folk music (Arbereshe)

The Arbëreshë are a linguistic and ethnic Albanian minority community living in southern Italy, especially the regions of Basilicata, Molise, Apulia, Calabria and Sicily.They settled in Southern Italy in the 15th to 18th centuries AD in several waves of migrations, following the death of the Albanian national hero George Kastrioti Skanderbeg and the gradual conquest of Albania and throughout the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Turks.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 09:04

Instrumental (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 09:06

Instrumental (Macedonia)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 09:09

Instrumental (Montenegro)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 09:10

Instrumental (North Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 09:11

Instrumental (South Albania)

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Posted By: Ollios
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 11:10

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From Turkey

Albanian version of the famous Turkish Folk music (about Gallipoli)

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Albanian Henna Night in Turkey

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Ellerin Kabe'si var,
Benim Kabem İnsandır

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:16

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances (AKKVP) was created as a professional ensemble in 1957. This ensemble consists of soloists, dance groups, and complex vocal Orchestra. Costumes are probably the greatest asset of this ensemble, not only from its originality, but also by the variety of colors, are estimated as rare values of traditional culture of a nation. In his artistic life, National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances has about 100 premieres, with the choice of repertoire. In the span of 55years, has over 10,000 display data at all stages of Albania. In lifeduring nearly half-century, the ensemble has his repertoire of over 100 new dances, and music motifs from all regions, with diversethemes, with outstanding choreography, where many of thementered the fund gold, not only the ensemble, but also the culture in general.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:19

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

Kosovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:21

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

North Albania dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:22

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

South Albania dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:24

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

Chameria dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 15:34

National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" - Kosovo

The National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" was established in 1948 as one of the first artistic and cultural institutions in Kosovo. For fifteen years this ensemble has operated as society and afterwards as a semi-professional ensemble.

While in March of 1964 by decision of the Assembly of Kosova, "Shota" gains the status of professional ensemble as well as three other ensembles in Yugoslavia, "Llado" - Zagreb, "Kollo" - Belgrade and "Tanec" - Skopje.

For the past fifty years the Ensemble "Shota" has played a crucial role in the preservation, cultivation and development of the Albanian song and dance as well as bringing genuine national cultural values such as authenticity of costumes, authentic melodies and exotic unique dances with which this ensemble is presented in more than 50 countries around the world and in all the continents.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 15:45

National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" - Kosovo

Shota is an Albanian dance very popular in Kosovo, and named after the Albanian heroine Shote Galica.
The dance involves quick steps set to fast-paced music.
Shota is traditionally danced during weddings, ceremonies or other special events.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 15:47

National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" - Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 15:48

National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" - Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Oct-2013 at 06:09

Folk Dance Ensemble "Ibe Palikuqi" - Macedonia

Folk Dance Ensemble "Ibe Palikuqi" had been established in 1979. It is one of the most famous Folk Dance Ensembles in Republic of Macedonia. Since the beginning of its existence, “Ibe Palikuqi” constantly represents and cultivates beauties of Albanian folklore in Macedonia. During the years this Ensemble took part in many national and international events and festivals, organized more than 700 concerts, recorded over 50 TV materials.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Oct-2013 at 06:10

Folk Dance Ensemble "Ibe Palikuqi" - Macedonia

Kosovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Oct-2013 at 06:12

Folk Dance Ensemble "Ibe Palikuqi" - Macedonia

Kosovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Oct-2013 at 06:16

Folk Dance Ensemble "Ibe Palikuqi" - Macedonia

Arbereshe dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 12:54

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

North Albania dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 12:55

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

Central Albania dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 12:59

National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances - Albania

South Albania dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 13:01

Ensemble "Zeri i Kosoves" - Kosovo

Kosovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 13:02

Ensemble "Rexhep Mitrovica" - Kosovo

Kosovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2013 at 13:04

Ensemble "Xheladin Zeqiri" - Macedonia

Tetovo dance

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 12:54

National anthem

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The words were written by the Albanian poet Asdreni (1872-1947). The music was composed by the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, originally for the song "Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire" (or "E scris pe tricolor unire").

Oath to the Flag

Around our flag we are united,
With but one will and one desire,
A sacred oath are now proclaiming
For our salvation to aspire,
May only those avoid the struggle,
Those who are traitors to our laws,
Undaunted is a hero through and through,
He dies a martyr to the cause.

With weapons in our hands a-brandished,
We will defend our fatherland,
Our sacred rights we’ll not relinquish,
The foe has no place in our land,
For God has told the world, proclaiming:
The nations of the earth shall wane,
And yet will live, will thrive Albania.
For her our fight won’t be in vain.

Our flag, our nation’s sacred symbol,
We swear an oath to your fair name,
Defend our country, our Albania,
Protect her honour and her fame,
Our praise goes to those mighty heroes
Who in our nation’s past did fall,
Their memory will be cherished evermore,
In life and death will they live all.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 12:56

Patriotic music

Title: Syrgjyn gjall e syrgjyn vdekur
Singer: Ilir Shaqiri
Country: Kosovo

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From the poetry of Theofan Stilian Noli (1882-1965)

(Elegy written in Berlin on the death of writer and political figure Luigj Gurakuqi, 1879-1925, who had been assassinated in Bari on 2 March 1925 by an agent of Ahmet Zogu.)

Dead in exile

Oh mother, mourn our brother,
Cut down by three bullets.
They mocked him, they murdered him,
They called him traitor.

For he loved you when they hated you,
For he wept when they derided you,
For he clothed you when they denuded you,
Oh mother, he died a martyr.

Oh mother, weep bitter tears,
Thugs have slain your son
Who with Ismail Qemali
Raised the valiant standard.

Oh mother, weep for him in Vlora,
Where he bore you freedom,
A soul as pure as snow,
For whom you have no grave.

Oh mother, he did his utmost
With eloquence and heart of iron,
Alive in exile, dead in exile,
This towering liberator.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 12:58

Patriotic music

Title: Te rrapi ne mashkullore
Country: Albania

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Nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter, Çerçiz Topulli (1880-1915) was born in Gjirokastra. On 25 February 1908, his band killed the commander of the Turkish gendarmerie on a street in Gjirokastra. Five of Topulli’s guerrillas, himself included, then fled to the village of Mashkullore, where on 5 March they were surrounded by 150 Ottoman troops. Although they were vastly outnumbered, Topulli and his fighters managed to keep the Turks at bay from dawn until dusk and then fled into the mountains, an event which was later celebrated in folk ballads such as the following song.

February fled and March then entered.
Gjirokastra’s Turkish gendarmes
Lost their captain. Curse his surname!
With his life he paid, dishonoured.
From Janina came a soldier
To the plane of Mashkullore,
From that tree at Mashkullore,
Çerçiz spoke out in defiance:
“Draw back, sergeant, all your forces,
Let my fighters go their way now,
For these heroes will do battle,
As has been their wont and custom,
Red you’ll be, in crimson spattered.”
“Çerçiz, Hajredin was slaughtered.”
“Makes no difference that they killed him,
Listen carefully, heed me, Kapllan,
We’ll not cease retaliation
On your officers and soldiers,
Place their heads beneath our cleavers
As we thus avenged our Mother.”

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 12:59

Patriotic music

Title: Sa e dua Shqiperine
Singer: Ylli Baka
Country: Albania

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From the poetry of Sejfullah Maleshova (1901 - 1971)

How I Love Albania

I've no farm estates or manors,
I've no shops or lofty buildings,
Yet I love my land, Albania -
For a barn in Trebeshina,
For its boulders and its brushwood,
For a hut above Selishta,
For two fields ploughed in Zallishta,
For a cow and for a donkey,
For an ox, a little lambkin,
This is how I love my country
Like a shepherd, like a peasant.

Yes, I love my land, Albania,
For the clover in its meadows,
For a quick and agile maiden,
For its spring of water gurgling
From the cliffs and flowing swiftly
Through the leafy oak tree forests,
Tumbling down to form a river,
Yes, I love my land, Albania,
For the fenugreek in blossom,
For the birds that fly above it,
For the nightingales a-singing,
In the shade and in the brambles,
Trilling songs of love and longing,
This is how I love my country,
Like a poet in devotion.

Yes, I love my land, Albania,
Right from Korça to Vranina,
Where the farmer sets off early
With his hoe and plough a-toiling,
Sows and reaps by sun and moonlight,
Yet, he has no food to live on,
Where the farrier and saddler
Day and night stoop o'er their duties
Just to get a few stale breadcrumbs,
Where the porter at the dockyards,
Laden down with iron and barrels,
Bears his load, barefoot and ragged,
Always serving other people.
Yes, I love my land, Albania,
Right from Skopje to Janina,
Where its people in misfortune
Suffer, live their lives in serfdom,
Yet they have a fighting spirit -
This is how I love my country,
Like a revolutionary.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 13:01

Patriotic music

Title: Shqiperi nana ime
Singer: Gezim Nika
Country: Albania

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From the poetry of Naim Frasheri (1846-1900)

Oh mountains of Albania

Oh mountains of Albania and you, oh trees so lofty,
Broad plains with all your flowers, day and night I contemplate you,
You highlands so exquisite, and you streams and rivers sparkling,
Oh peaks and promontories, and you slopes, cliffs, verdant forests,
Of the herds and flocks I'll sing out which you hold and which you nourish.
Oh you blessed, sacred places, you inspire and delight me!
You, Albania, give me honour, and you name me as Albanian,
And my heart you have replenished both with ardour and desire.
Albania! Oh my mother! Though in exile I am longing,
My heart has ne'er forgotten all the love you've given to me.
When a lambkin from its flock strays and does hear its mother's bleating,
Once or twice it will give answer and will flee in her direction,
Were others, twenty-thirty fold, to block its path and scare it,
Despite its fright it would return, pass through them like an arrow,
Thus my wretched heart in exile, here in foreign land awaiting,
Hastens back unto that country, swift advancing and in longing.
Where cold spring water bubbles and cool breezes blow in summer,
Where the foliage grows so fairly, where the flowers have such fragrance,
Where the shepherd plays his reed pipe to the grazing of the cattle,
Where the goats, their bells resounding, rest, yes 'tis the land I long for.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2013 at 13:02

Patriotic music

Title: Skenderbe
Singer: Adelina Ismaili
Country: Kosovo

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Gjergj Kastrioti(6 May 1405 – 17 January 1468), widely known as Skanderbeg, was a 15th-century Albanian lord.
He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottoman Turks in 1440. In 1444, he initiated and organized the League of Lezhë, which proclaimed him Chief of the League of the Albanian people, and defended the region of Albania against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.
Skanderbeg's military skills presented a major obstacle to Ottoman expansion, and he was considered by many in western Europe to be a model of Christian resistance against the Ottoman Muslims.

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Queen Teuta was an Illyrian queen of the Ardiaei tribe who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 227 BC.
Despite her ongoing acts of piracy, she is revered for her resistance and free will against her persecutors.

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Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina, surnamed Aslan, "the Lion", or the "Lion of Yannina", (1740 - 24 January 1822) was an Ottoman Albanian ruler of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory which was also called Pashalik of Yanina.

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Shote Galica (1895 - 1927) was a warrior of çeta (guerrilla group, from the word Centuriae, military formation) of the Albanian insurgent national liberation with the goal of unification of all Albanian territories, and supporting a democratic national government in Albania.

Azem Galica, was an Albanian nationalist who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.

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Mic Sokoli (1839 - 1881) was an Albanian nationalist figure.
He was a noted guerrilla leader during the years of the League of Prizren and took part in the fighting in Yakova against Mehmet Ali Pasha.
Mic Sokoli is remembered in particular for an act that has entered the chronicles of Albanian legendry as a deed of exemplary heroism. At the battle of Slivova against Ottoman forces in April 1881, he thrust himself against a Turkish cannon, his chest pressed against its mouth, and died heroically in battle.

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Pashko Vasa (1825, Shkodër, Albania, Ottoman Empire – June 29, 1892, Beirut, Lebanon, Ottoman Empire) also known as Vaso Pasha or Vaso Pashë Shkodrani, was an Albanian writer, poet and publicist of the Albanian National Awakening.

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Frasheri Brothers

Abdyl Frashëri (June 1, 1839 - October 23, 1892) was a prominent Hero of Albania.
Frasheri was an Albanian Statesman, diplomat, and politician in the Ottoman Empire.
He is one of the first Albanian political ideologues of the Albanian National Awakening, being an initiator and prominent Leader of Albanian League of Prizren.

Sami Frashëri (June 1, 1850 – June 18, 1904) was an Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and a prominent figure of the National Renaissance movement of Albania, together with his two brothers Abdyl and Naim.

Naim Frashëri (25 May 1846 – 20 October 1900) was an Albanian poet and writer. He was one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian National Awakening of the 19th century, together with his two brothers Sami and Abdyl.
He is widely regarded as the national poet of Albania.

4:45

Çerçiz Topulli (1880 - 15 July 1915) was a patriotic nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter.
He was known for fighting the Turks in 1907 and 1908 and then, after the Turks left, the Greeks, who invaded in 1913 and 1914.

5:02

Hasan Prishtina originally known as Hasan Berisha (born 1873 in Vıçıtırın, Kosovo Province, Ottoman Empire – died 1933 in Thessaloniki, Greece) was an Albanian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Albania in December 1921.

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Isa Boletini (January 15, 1864 – January 23, 1916) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerilla fighter, born in the village of Boletin near Mitroviça, Ottoman Empire. He was a freedom fighter in Kosovo and became a major figure of Albanian resistance against the Ottomans, Serbia and Montenegro.

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Theofan Stilian Noli, better known as Fan Noli (January 6, 1882 – March 13, 1965) was an Albanian-American writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church, who served as prime minister and regent of Albania in 1924 during the June Revolution.

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Gjergj Fishta (October 23, 1871 – December 30, 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, rilindas, and a translator.
Notably he was the chairman of the commission of the Congress of Monastir, which sanctioned the Albanian alphabet.
In 1921 he became the Vice President of the Albanian parliament.
In 1937 he completed and published his epic masterpiece Lahuta e Malcís, an epic poem written in Gheg dialect of Albanian. It contains 17,000 lines and is considered the "Albanian Iliad".
Gjergj Fishta was the first Albanian candidate for the The Nobel Prize in Literature.

5:54

Adem Jashari (28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) is considered to be one of the chief architects of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Jashari was a chief commander in the Drenica operation zone of the KLA.

5:57

Ibrahim Rugova (2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was the first President of Kosovo, serving from 1992 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006, and a prominent Kosovo Albanian political leader, scholar, and writer.
He oversaw a popular struggle for independence, advocating a peaceful resistance to Yugoslav rule and lobbying for U.S. and European support, especially during the Kosovo War.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 16-Oct-2013 at 15:19

Patriotic music

Title: Arberi
Singer: Vace Zela
Country: Albania

(During the Middle Ages, the Albanians called their country Arbëri or Arbëni and referred to themselves as Arbëresh or Arbnesh)

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At the shore seagulls speed flying
like our song full of yearn
we sing with love from afar
oh Arberia

Our ancestors left you in sorrow
how long gone without seeing you
but today you are like a flower
oh Albania

Waves of the sea foam full of eddies
together with friends at the shore we came
for how much yearn we have, the sea has no waves
oh you Beautiful Arberia
we gaze from afar and on you contemplate
oh Beautiful Albania

The branches dance, you a root farther apart
among the waves of storms
so many years forlorn
but your branches never withering
oh Arberia

This song of ours, for you always
haunts us like a fire at the bosom
at your hearth we are forever
oh Albania

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 16-Oct-2013 at 15:21

Patriotic music

Title: Gjaku im
Singer: Elvana Gjata
Country: Albania

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My blood

why don't you love me??
why don’t i love you??
(when) we have grown up together
there's so few of us
and we suffer so much
yet we are of one blood

issues that are not insured
that ruin your trust
take a step and a see
we can't find a proper path

you have to hold on in this world
Hit me trample me take out your anger
i am of your blood, look and see
no one (truly) loves you as much as i do
turn your trust to me again

we lie to ourselves these days
we bow our heads
you and i
we have lost our senses

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 16-Oct-2013 at 15:24

Patriotic music

The music of Jericho is a fusion between rock, alternative, electronics and traditional ethnic Albanian music characteristic for region of Kosovo and northern Albania.

Band members:

Petrit Çarkaxhiu - Vocal & Rhythm Guitar
Leonard Canhasi - Solo Guitar
Suad Jamini - Bass Guitar
Visar Rexha - Drums

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Our Song

Mother is asking: "Where are my boys, where have they gone?"
a great shame has stepped the gates of our home
stone upon stone, they're pulling down our tower
come back my boys, how could you forget your Mother

O God give us back the honor of home
in this dread of solitude don't leave us alone

Wake up brother, there is no other day but today
Mother is calling, her tears of mourn are about to waste
stone upon stone, our tower we'll pull it up again
the time has come to kick out of home this shame

O God give us back the honor of home
in this dread of solitude don't leave us alone
don't…

How fleeting the years have gone
that memory brings back this song
how easy we all forgot
the pain we felt once long ago

those songs we sang jointly
remained an echo in the memory
all now are singing lonely
my country is an 'orphan'

once more if we could walk
and be reunited like once upon a time
a heart for a heart law
become a flag for all of us

the hand that stretches out when I fall
it's the one that is holding us tight
don't let it be forgotten
for we have no other hearth

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Cold November

Is there a memory, oh to warm me up on these days?
Is there a path which makes me turn as a man and look ahead?
Is there a memory to give us a meaning, won't you tell me?
Oh won't you tell me, where to find the strength to sing today?

Still fresh is that glance of scorn
Still fresh that cold ache in bones
Still fresh even the traces left by the footsteps on the road
A frozen glance fell upon the home which I never saw anymore

Cold November haunts me still today
cold November in years echos

A century passed on walking but yet we fell
A century passed but on our feet yet we can't stand
A century passed of lessons, yet how come we learnt nothing?
Oh ignorant mind, a greedy eye a whole nation can pull down
How much longer till we love each other
how much longer till we change our own destiny
how much longer till someone else's life we value
Oh won't you tell me, where to find the strength to sing today?

Cold November haunts me still today
cold November,
oh November…

They swore and hit me, "the unfaithful you'll turn" - they told me
they undressed and dressed me, even myself I recognize no longer
the veil they sew for me, oh how proudly today I hold it
the dance they started, oh like a bride how beautiful the step I pride

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Mother's Milk

Orient-Occident, Occident or Orient
to the market they take you like a sheep
between the two civilizations
both have taken you by the rope
both are pulling you and you're foaming
you're tiresome
long time you've been standing in the noise
you've got to breathe, they're choking you
your have no voice left out to scream
so violently they've messed you up in your head
and how much longer till they all chop you to pieces
till they split you and boil you
till you understand that you won't be keeping on in confusion
the baby won't be able to eat the roasted chicken
won't be able to eat the chilly pepper
you're forcing the baby to go and run
before s/he can start to walk first
you might as well give it an arabian pacifier
or you might give it a french pacifier
but still s/he will demand for the mother's milk, you moron!
mother's milk, you moron!

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2013 at 15:12

Patriotic music

Title: Shqiperia
Singer: Ilir Shaqiri
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2013 at 15:13

Patriotic music

Title: Tivari ne gjame
Singer: Ilir Shaqiri
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2013 at 15:15

Patriotic music

Title: Dua me shume Shqiperine
Country: Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2013 at 15:19

Patriotic music

Title: Grykes se Kacanikut
Singer: Kastriot Tusha
Country: Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2013 at 15:31

The nostalgic song "Oh, my beautiful Morea", is perhaps the best known Arbëresh (Italo-Albanian) folksong of all. The ballad reflects a central element in the collective memory of the Albanian minority of southern Italy – that of their early flight from the Morea (i.e. the Peloponnese in Greece), which had been conquered by the Ottoman Turks, to the safety of Sicily and Calabria. Other Albanians fled from Albania, too, when it was conquered by the Turks in the fifteenth century.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:34

Patriotic music

Title: Kenga e pambaruar
Singer: Shkodran Tolaj
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:37

Patriotic music

Title: Ne nje flamur te pandare
Singer: I.Shaqiri, N.Nikprelaj, S.Kolonja, K.Tusha, E.Arifi
Country: Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:39

Patriotic music

Title: Vendit tim
Singer: Yllka Kuqi
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:42

Title: Per ata qe (s')jane
Singer: Eliza Hoxha
Country: Kosovo

In post-war Kosova, apart from all the socio-economical problems that resulted from the conflict, the issue of the missing persons still touches the lives of many families. The fate of thousands of people still remains unknown. Reflecting this issue, Koperativa designed and produced Eliza Hoxhas music video, featuring short stories of nostalgia, vanishing memories and loneliness. Using different layers of
expression such as typographic design, video and photography, the video
tackles the issue in a rather more poetic way, setting the viewer on an
emotional state and raising awareness about the issue of missing persons.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:48

Lullaby for the victims of the war in Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2013 at 14:50

Title: Treni i fundit
Singer: Shyhrete Behluli
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Oct-2013 at 07:51

Traditional music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Oct-2013 at 07:53

Traditional music (North Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Oct-2013 at 07:56

Traditional music (Central Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Oct-2013 at 07:59

Traditional music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 20-Oct-2013 at 07:14

Traditional music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 20-Oct-2013 at 07:16

Traditional music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 21-Oct-2013 at 14:10

Nexhmije Pagarusha (born 7 May 1933) is an Albanian singer and actress from Kosovo.
Her musical creative work lasted for almost 40 years, and it is very hard to say, which genre she belongs to, because she sang almost all of them. Her interpretations in folk music were exactly as perfect as her interpretations in the classic music, especially opera. Pagarusha is loved by the music critics and adored from the music admirers. She is called Bilbili i Kosovës (Nightingale of Kosovo), queen of Albanian music, Madam Butterfly, etc.
The song Baresha (The Sheperdess) is one of her most popular songs. It was composed by her husband, Rexho Mulliqi and the text was written by Rifat Kukaj. Pagarusha played in many theatre stages and movies and also as an actress she won many prizes.

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The Sheperdess

I was grown up among these mountains
together with lambs and sheep
with nightingales among the grove
after the bells, play and joy
like my eagle

o flower of grass wind-o nanina
o come my friends let's play-o nanina
o the field is dressing up with laughter-o nanina
the mountain is shaking, what happened??
the shepherds play with joy

to many bells sounds
high in the sky, the mountain of snow
on the mountains love comes more goods
today a flared shank.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2013 at 16:22

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2013 at 16:23

Folk music (North Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2013 at 16:24

Folk music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 29-Oct-2013 at 17:21

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 29-Oct-2013 at 17:22

Folk music (North Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 29-Oct-2013 at 17:23

Folk music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Dec-2013 at 15:03

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 17-Dec-2013 at 15:10

Folk music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Dec-2013 at 14:42

Folk music (Central Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Dec-2013 at 14:44

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Dec-2013 at 19:06

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Dec-2013 at 19:08

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 25-Dec-2013 at 08:42

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Jan-2014 at 16:25

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Jan-2014 at 16:26

Folk music (Kosovo)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 13-Jan-2014 at 16:31

Folk music (South Albania)

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 26-Jan-2014 at 08:09

Born in Tirana, Albania, in 1981, in an artist family, Elina Duni makes her first steps on stage as a singer at the age of five and sings for the National Radio and Television.
In 1991 after the fall of the communist regime, she arrives in Switzerland and settles in Geneva together with her mother where she starts the classical piano and discovers jazz.
Some musical, film and theater projects after, she studies singing and composition at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, in the jazz department.
During this time she develops the Elina Duni Quartet with Colin Vallon on piano, Patrice Moret on double bass and Norbert Pfammatter on drums – which represents a return to her musical sources, a combination of Balkan folk songs and jazz.

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 26-Jan-2014 at 08:10

Cover of traditional song:

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 26-Jan-2014 at 08:12

Cover of traditional song:

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 19-Feb-2014 at 14:46

Patriotic music

Title: Tungjatjeta jem shqiptar
Singer: Labinot Tahiri
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 18-Jun-2014 at 16:26

Patriotic music

Title: Albanian Rhapsody

Singer: Jericho

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 24-Jun-2014 at 13:25

Dedicated to sexually abused women during the last war in Kosovo:

Title: Heshtja e kenges

Singer: Eliza Hoxha

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 25-Jul-2014 at 16:28

Title: Urat e jetes

Singer: Alban Skenderaj

Country: Albania

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The sky sheds its light over the city,
while the soul leaves the body in solitude,
this distant voice once again leaves me uneasy,
posing a million questions to the scene.

Oh how fearful it is to think of my life as only a drop in the water,
no, it can’t be solely by chance, the pain that a mother feels when her kid is suffering,
no, it can’t be solely poetry when the heart shivers in the presence of love,
no, it can’t be solely irony when living amongst millions of injustices.

As a new life is born, a new universe is formed,
as another one fades in the immortal foreverness,
sadness surrounds when believing that all we are, are passengers of time.

No, it can’t be solely by chance, the pain that a mother feels when her kid is suffering,
no, it can’t be solely poetry when your heart shivers in the presence of love,
no, it can’t be solely irony when living amongst millions of injustices.

As much as it scares me, it also leaves me speechless,
at the end, this mystery is not only a tale,
as I am still alive.

No, they can’t be solely history, the ones that gave their lives in the fight against slavery,
no, it can’t be solely fantasy, the power of a dream which knows neither time nor boundaries,
no, it can’t be solely a miracle, to pave your future for a life in continuation,
perhaps we are one, perhaps we are energy, derived from the same pain and the same happiness,
forever human.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 25-Jul-2014 at 16:31

Title: E dehun
Singer: Era Istrefi

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 25-Jul-2014 at 16:32

Title: Puthe
Singer: Elvana Gjata

Country: Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:16

Title: Denglat
Singer: Eli Fara

Country: Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:17

Title: Asnjeher
Singer: Alberie Hadergjonaj

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:23

Title: Per hir te dashurise
Singer: Kastriot Tusha - Julian Gjojdeshi

Country: Albania

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:24

Title: Nje dhimbje mbete ti
Singer: Neki Emra

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:43

Title: Kopshti
Singer: Kushtrim Hoxha - Hana Cakuli

Country: Kosovo - Montenegro

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:58

Title: Si era
Singer: Dren Abazi
Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 12:59

Title: Rrugeve
Singer: Genc Salihu

Country: Kosovo

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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 03-Aug-2014 at 13:00

Title: Nuk jam diktator
Singer: Elita 5

Country: Macedonia

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