serbian epic poetry, serbian folk music, serbian music, stevan mokranjac

The Fine Tunes of Traditional Serbian Music

Traditional Serbian music has several influences from both the East and the West. Among them, Turkish and Balkan music forms have exerted the strongest influence. In the past two centuries, the influence of Western music picked up. An old Serbian proverb states that “He who sings thinks no evil,” describing perfectly how the people of ...

Jessica Kneipp

A Serbian gusle stringed instrument.