The Society of Folk Dance Historians
Balkans
a region
Background:
Location: the peninsula of southeastern Europe
Regions: Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Vlachia (culture)
Languages: Aromanian
Religions: Predominantly Christian with some Muslim
Documents:
Balkan words from Turkish, article by Michael Kuharski, 21 Jan 1998
Balkan rhythms, a list in "Macedonian" nomenclature, and examples
Bibliography:
Buchanan, Donna Anne. The Bulgarian folk orchestra : cultural performance, symbol, and the construction of national identity in socialist Bulgaria. 1991. (Univ. of Texas-Austin)
Dubinskas, Frank
Forry, Mark Edward. The mediation of "tradition" and "culture" in the Tamburica music of Vojvodina (Yugoslavia), UCLA, 1990
Kemp, Peter. Healing ritual: studies in the technique and tradition of the southern Slavs, by P. Kemp. Published in conjunction with the School of Slavonic and east European studies, University of London. London: Faber and Faber, 1935.
(nothing on dance, per se)
Rice, Timothy. May it fill your soul : experiencing Bulgarian music. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1994.
Sugarman, Jane C. Engendering song : singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.