Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music series compiled and edited by Alan Lomax;
This album collected in 1954 and edited by A.L. Lloyd

Tracks

(For more details see the Folklore Discography.)

Side 1

Sofia District

1. Tsone milo chedo (dance) (2.01)
2. Mari Stoyane (ritual song) (0.43)
3. Pushka pukna (dance song) (1.22)
4. Marko se e devet pati zhenil (epic ballad) (1.42)
5. Edna Yana mezhdu devet bratya (narrative ballad) (2.04)
6. Sitno horo (dance) (1.25)
7. Tri mi zvezdi (field-work song) (2.09)

Pirin Region

8. Makedonsko horo (dance) (1.56)
9. Trugnal mi Yane Sandanski (ballad) (1.05)
10. Ne dui mari vetra (field-work song) (0.27)
11. Vreme mi doide (field-work song) (0.49)

Rhodope Region

12. Krifkono fesche (dance song) (2.26)
13. Goro lyo goro zelena (ballad) (1.28)
14. Zagukala siva gurgulitsa (tlaka song) (2.02)
15. Korovo rUchenitsa (dance) (1.32)
16. Reifinka ye bolna legnala (sedenka song) (1.37)
17. Momne le, mari khubava (wedding song) (1.27)

Side 2

Thrace

18. Yarishko khoro (dance) (1.25)
19. Yano Yano khubava Yano (field-work song) (1.45)
20. Trakiiska ruchenitsa (dance) (1.40)
21. Belila Zlata darove (ballad) (1.56)
22. Dimo na Rada doumashe (sedenka song) (1.37)
23. Dragano draganke (wedding song) (1.07)
24. Trakiisko horo (dance) (1.26)

Dobrudzha

25. Zhenish me mamo (mythological ballad) (2.17)
26. Daichovo horo (dance) (1.15)

Northern Bulgatia

27. Haidouti v selo vlyazukha (ballad) (2.10)
28. Melody and Pravo horo (dance) (1.55)
29. Chorbadzhiisko horo (dance) (1.15)

Thrace

30. Mama na Stoyan doumashe (sedenka song) (1.30)

Northern Bulgatia

31. Pesen za smurtu na Dimitrov (ballad) (2.12)

Sofia City

32. Stoina moma bolna lezhi (ritual song) (1.12)
33. Stavai, stavai nine (ritual song) (1.07)
34. Gankino horo (dance) (1.48)

Lying between Europe and Asia, Bulgaria displays in its traditional music both the formal solidity of the West and the exotic colouring of the East. These recordings, mostly collected by A.L. Lloyd on trips in 1954 and 1963, are very diverse, including instrumental solos on the stringed tambura, dyudyuk (flute) and gadulka (fiddle), band music and songs for various functions. Especially captivating is the women’s singing, whether solo or in group polyphony.

Collected in 1954 and 1963 and edited by A.L. Lloyd

Tracks

Side 1: West Bulgaria

Sofia District

1. Gankino horo (dance)
2. Marko iska moravka devoika (field work song)
3. Zhatvarska pesen (field work song)
4. Padnal mi ranen milad stoyan (ballad)
5. Sitno horo (dance)
6. Otreyala mesechina (dance song)

Pirin Region

7. Makedonske horo (dance)
8. Tambura dranka (sedenka song)
9. Boi se otvori (ballad)
10. Mori zlata se e bolna (dance song)
11. Zapali kito mome borina (sedenka song)
12. Makedonske pesen (sedenka melody)
13. Devoiko devoiko mome (dance song)

Side 2: South, East & North Bulgaria

Rhodope Region

14. Ti li mi vleze v bakhchana (sedenka song)
15. Ya stoi postoi (work song)
16. Troitsa bratya (ballad)
17. Kadana sedi v bakhchana (sedenka song)

Thrace

18. Vila se e gora (ballad)
19. Dva sa momi momuvali (dance song)
20. Dzhenda na putya sedeshe (sedenka song)
21. Pasobrala byala rada (ballad)

Dobrudza & North Bulgaria

22. Dobrudzhansko horo (dance)
23. Tudura kupai misiri (sedenka song)
24. Zatvoren stoyan (ballad)
25. Ovcharska pesen (pastoral melody)

Sofia District

26. Tsone milo chedo (dance)