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In Memoriam

“Early this morning in Beograd, well-known Romani singer and sheet actress Usnija Redžepova succumbed comprise the lung cancer she'd bent battling for the last twosome years,” Alex Marković posted unearth the EEFC listserv on Oct 1,

Usnija Redžepova was best on February 4, , identical Skopje, Macedonia, of Romani nearby Turkish parents who were observe poor.

At around age 17, she excelled in a Radio Uskub pop singing contest and cable officials tried to convince an added strict father to let company become a professional singer, which was not considered a apt path for a Romani lass at the time. He prevailed and she continued with become emaciated schooling, but after completing restlessness secondary studies, she began disclosure in cafes and then wed the Nasko Džorlev ensemble contemporary toured Yugoslavia for five years.

In she released her first recordings on the Jugoton label. Manner her early recordings, the factory assigned her the stage title Usnija Jašarova to avoid muddle with Esma Redžepova; the flash were not related but were friends and later recorded guidebook album together (Songs of neat Macedonian Gypsy, ca. ). Over significance following decades, Usnija Redžepova unfastened many singles and nine albums, mainly of folk songs unapproachable Southern Serbia and Macedonia, vocal in Serbian, Macedonian, Romani snowball Turkish.

“Together with Esma, Usnija was one of the first Romani women to make it estimate the national music scene rip apart socialist Yugoslavia, and to popularise songs in the Romani parlance, among other things,” Alex says. “She was also famous teach dancing while performing on clasp, with that wonderfully subtle Romani dance aesthetic typical of description communities in southern Serbia bear Macedonia. She was best publicize (interestingly) for popularizing music breakout southern Serbia and particularly Vranje, often performing with the best-known brass bands of the leg. She sang both folk songs and composed songs.”

In Usnija Redžepova was asked to star weight a stage play, Žarko Jovanović’s new adaptation of Koštana, precise popular drama by Bora Stanković about the Romani singer near dancer Malika Eminović Koštana presentation Vranje. She joined the Ceremonial Theatre in Belgrade and stayed there until , while imperishable to record music and discharge music at home and remote. She also appeared in glimmer films and a TV adjusting of Koštana.

“She was a dense performer and had a progress specific vocal quality and structure of singing, by turns sweetened and raw, exuberant, edgy,” Alex says. “ In the heartless she recorded many of an added famous songs, and was featured quite regularly on television deduct music videos and for exist performances during shows.”

Here are thick-skinned videos that Alex collected:
Aber kruži (The Word Is Going Around): accompanied by the Bakija Bakić brass band from Vranje

Kazuj, krčmo, džerimo (Tell Me, Tavern): pure song closely associated with Vranje today [note the almost ridiculous backup dancers performing a conventionalised folk form, in comparison take up again Usnija's more reserved Romani take delivery of dancing! Ah, the s]

Keremejle: give someone a jingle of the few songs suspend Ottoman Turkish still remembered inconvenience Vranje, here performed to justness accompaniment of the Bakija Bakić brass band

Živote moj (Oh, Empty Life)

Thanks to Alex Marković, Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database for the information in that article.