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Macedonian Folk Songs for Voice and Tambura: Volume 1

David Bilides, Rachel MacFarlane, and Kathryn Stately

Macedonian Folk Songs Volume 1 CDs and tape image

Price: $45.00

(Includes book, CDs and tape)
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This 113 page book contains 35 Macedonian folk songs and features:

2 CDs containing all the songs as well as a cassette tape of all the songs. The 88 minutes of music were recorded from the original records, or from cassettes, and digitally re-mastered.
lyrics in Cyrillic, Latin transliteration, and English translation
notation of all vocals, including ornaments
tambura interludes notated with ornaments
vocal notes
tambura notes
notes on the songs
map of the region
pronunciation guide
glossary
resources, including: books and articles; language, singing, and tambura teachers; music publication and recording sources; organizations; radio programs; web sites; and more

The book is laid out in a landscape format and bound with a high quality spiral binding and a sturdy laminated cover to make it easy to use in all situations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED ISSUES	5
INTRODUCTION	6
Search for Common Ground in Macedonia	7
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 8
VOCAL NOTES 9
Singing the Songs	9
Ornaments	10
TAMBURA NOTES	13
About the Instrument	13
Tuning	13
Notation	14
Strumming	14
Fingering	15
Ornaments & Other Symbols	16
NOTES ON TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION	18
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS	19
ABOUT THE MAP	20
MAP OF THE REGION	21
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE	22
THE SONGS BY REGION	25
THESONGS
Aber Mi Dojde Od Soluna Grada	26
Ajde, Mala Stana Bolna Lega	28
Ajde, Pominuvam	30
Ajde, Sto Je D~umbug Vo Nage Selo	32
Brat I Sestra	34
0-uli Sa Se, Male	36
(~uli Se Sa, Male	38
Dej Gidi Mome	40
Devoj6e, Devoj~e	42

Devojko, Devojko	44
Gusta Maglo	46
Idi Da Go Saka~	48
Jas ke Ti Doidam, Mitro	50
Majka Na Jane, Mori, Duma~e	52
M6r' Stojmeno	54
Na Stol6e Sedam	56
Naga Bela Vasa	58
Nagata Bela Rada	60
Otidoh Dolu V Livade	62
Pavle Mi Pie	64
Pogla Si Rada Na Bunar	66
Sadilo Mome	68
Sedna Ludo Da Ve~era	70
Snogti Mi Dojde Cu~do Juna6e	72
Sofke, Mori, Sofke	74
Sokol Mi Leta Visoko	76
Sonceto Trepti Da Zajde	78
~to E Jogreala	80
~to Rekoh, Prorekoh	82
Tri Biljbilja Poev	84
Tri Godini, Kate, Bolen Le~am	86
Tropnalo Oro	88
Ve6eraj, Ango	90
Vo Gradina Ima	92
Zasvirel Stojan	94
NOTES ON THE SONGS	96
GLOSSARY 102
RESOURCES 105
HOW THIS BOOK WAS MADE	112
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	113

O~ 1997 Izvor Music

Comments from Readers

“I received your book last week. I listened to the whole cassette maybe four times in a row, and of course I’m totally enthusiastic about this music. I would like to thank you for your wonderful work; I have read everything with the greatest interest and I’ll be playing the music as soon as possible.”
—Bourges, FRANCE

“I just have to record my delight with the book and the tape. You guys have done a fabulous job.”
—New Orleans, Louisiana

“Your book is just wonderful. Excellent selections, translations, notes, etc.”
—Washington, DC

“What a lovely, painstaking body of work this book is.”
—Seattle, Washington

“This is the kind of stuff my grandmother—91—used to sing to us. I received my earliest exposure to old Macedonian folk songs on her knee.”
—Scarborough, Ontario CANADA

“I’ve received the book and the cassette tape. It is a brilliant book.”
—Nieuwegein, HOLLAND

“Just what I was looking for.”
—Venice, ITALY

“We were pleasantly surprised with the way you have presented the first volume.”
—Skopje, REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA