Salih Uglla Peshteri was an Albanian performer of epic poetry (Albanian: lahutar or rapsod) from Ugao, in Pešter a sparsely populated region near Sjenica, modern day Sandžak.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life
editAccording to Robert Elsie, Salih Uglla Peshteri was born in 1866.[6] According to Albanian sources he was a Catholic Albanian from the tribe of Kelmendi while Parry believes he was a Muslim Albanian from Shkodër.[7] Up to the age of 30, he sang only in Albanian but began singing in Bosnian after he married a Bosnian woman. Uglla was able to sing in both languages for hours making him a popular lahutar.[8] In 1934 he sang the "Song of Baghdad" in Novi Pazar and it is believed that this song was taught to him by another bard.[9]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Ready 2018, p. 17.
- ^ Lord & Parry: "Interestingly enough, four out of the five singers whose songs appear in this volume were Albanians: Salih Ugljanin, Djemal Zogić, Sulejman Makić and Alija Fjuljanin. These singers from Novi Pazar in the Sanjak were willing and able to reproduce the same epic songs in Bosnian (Serbo-Croatian) and Albanian"
- ^ Foley 1988, p. 75.
- ^ "Epic Song, Comparative Analysis, and Balkan Sephardic Culture: Reflections and New Perspectives :: Center for Islamic Pluralism". www.islamicpluralism.org.
- ^ Pistrick 2017, p. 19.
- ^ "Ismail Kadare Kadare, Ismail - Essay - eNotes.com". eNotes.
- ^ Agamennone, Maurizio; Mitri, Gino Leonardo Di (2003). L'eredità di Diego Carpitella: etnomusicologia, antropologia e ricerca storica nel Salento e nell'area mediterranea : atti del convegno, Galatina, 21, 22 e 23 giugno 2002 (in Italian). BESA. ISBN 9788849702170.
- ^ Andrew Lass, edited and with an introduction by Tomáš Kubíček and. Roman O. Jakobson: A Work in Progress (PDF). Palacký University, Olomouc. p. 87.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World: Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries. BRILL. 2015. p. 22. ISBN 9789004291973.
Bibliography
edit- Foley, John Miles (1988). The Theory of Oral Composition: History and Methodology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253342607.
- Lord, Albert; Parry, Milman. "Some Observations on Albanian and Bosnian Epic Traditions" (PDF).
- Pistrick, Eckehard (2017). Performing Nostalgia: Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania. Routledge. ISBN 9781351554596.
- Ready, Jonathan L. (2018). The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia. Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780198802556.
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