Redžep-Rečko Međedović as an Interpreter of the Vocal-Instrumental Practice of Pazar Song

Sanja Ranković; Zdravko Ranisavljević

doi:10.5937/newso2463077R

Sanja Ranković University of Art in Belgrade, Faculty of Music Art, Department for Ethnomusicology
Zdravko Ranisavljević University of Art in Belgrade, Faculty of Music Art, Department for Ethnomusicology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/newso2463077R

Keywords: Pazar song, Redžep-Rečko Međedović, Novi Pazar, banjo/đumbuš, biography

Abstract

Redžep-Rečko Međedović is the best known performer of “Pazar song” an element of the traditional musical heritage in Novi Pazar. Starting from the seventies of the 20th century till today, Međedović has been performing Pazar and other songs accompanied by a stringed instrument – the đumbuš/banjo at weddings, dance parties and other gatherings, and enjoys huge popularity in the local community. For the purposes of this paper, field research was conducted several times in Novi Pazar, from 2011 till today, when valuable ethnographic data were collected and invaluable musical material was recorded. Međedović’s interpretations and testimonies helped to define the characteristics of the Pazar song, as a subgenre of urban music in Serbia, that is, to better understand the semantics of its current practice.

Author Biographies

Sanja Ranković, University of Art in Belgrade, Faculty of Music Art, Department for Ethnomusicology

Sanja Ranković is Associate Professor of traditional singing at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. The topics of her ethnomusicological interest are from the field of applied ethnomusicology, as well as the issues of vocal practices. She has delivered numerous lectures, seminars, concerts and workshops in the country, as well as abroad. For almost two decades, she collaborated with the Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia “Kolo” and created the vocal practice of this artistic institution. So far, she has published four books and a large number of papers in national and international publications. She is the author of two full-length musical stage pеrformances, which were performed by Ansambl “Kolo” at the National Theatre in Belgrade.

Zdravko Ranisavljević, University of Art in Belgrade, Faculty of Music Art, Department for Ethnomusicology

Zdravko Ranisavljević is employed as an Assistant Professor in the scientific field of ethnochoreology at the Department of Ethnomusicology of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. He is the President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Research and Preservation of Traditional Dances of Serbia (CIOTIS) and a member of the Artistic Council of the Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Kosovo and Metohija “Venac”. He participated in the creation of the nomination file Kolo: a traditional folk dance in Serbia, for the inclusion of this element on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. He is the author and editor of various written, DVD and audio editions in the field of applied ethnochoreology and a participant in numerous ethnochoreological ethnomusicological symposia and seminars in the country and abroad. He is currently serving as acting director of the Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia “Kolo”.