Balkan Epic: Song, History, Modernity

by Philip V. Bohlman and Nada Petkovic

Since antiquity the epic has been the defining poetic and musical genre of southeastern Europe. Performed by specialist singers, usually accompanying themselves on stringed instruments, Balkan epics unfold narratively and with single lines, often over the course of hours or even days, requiring great feats of memory and creativity. Stories and histories converge in the Balkan epic, defining moments of conflict between empires and religions in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810877996
• ISBN13: 9780810877993
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher