Croatian Songs
Croatian is a South Slavic language which is spoken in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Croatian minorities in some neighboring countries. Croatia was always on the intersections between East and West, Christianity and Islam, Balkan and Mediterranean. Croatia has maintained a very enthusiastic and lively musical culture and a musical heritage that extends back to the middle Ages.
The traditional music of Croatia is mostly associated with tamburitza and gusle songs. Tamburitza music is a form of folk music that revolves around the tambura which is associated with the northern part of the country while the gusle music became mostly popular in the southern region of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In comparison to tamburitza music, which is mainly focused on common themes of love and happy village life, the gusle music is the Croatian epic poetry with prominence on important historical or patriotic events. The folk music of Zagreb, an area north of Zagreb, is known for polka and waltz music.
Classical music of Croatia is not well known worldwide even though musicians and composers have produced numerous compositions. Croatian society of composers Hrvatsko drustvo skladatelja is the main organization promoting modern classical music in Croatia.The pop music of Croatia is usually similar to the canzone music of Italy which includes essentials of the native traditional music. Other forms of music are the populae jazz and the rock music. Some of the famous pop singers in Croatia include:, Vice Vukov, Milan Bacic, Arsen Dedic, Dank Vuckovic, Darko Domjan, Tereza Kesovija, Gabi Novak, Ivica Šerfezi, Oliver Dragojevic, Tomislav Ivcic, Doris Dragovic, and many others.
There are many festivals which take place in crostia throughout the year like the Varazdin Baroque Evenings, Pula International Music Festival, Zagreb Summer Festival, Cakovec Days of Croatian Music and International Jazz Days.
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