Observations on some song details from the book “Bulgarian folk songs” by the Miladinov Brothers Cover Image

Наблюдения върху някои песенни детайли от сборника „Български народни песни“ на братя Миладинови
Observations on some song details from the book “Bulgarian folk songs” by the Miladinov Brothers

Author(s): Albena Malcheva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Customs / Folklore, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Philology
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: folk songs; traditional Bulgarian town songs; Miladinov Brothers; 19th century; bride’s and women’s clothing and decoration.

Summary/Abstract: The texts of Bulgarian folk songs, published in the famous book by the Miladinov Brothers in 1861 are object of research work in this article.Mainly, attention is paid to important verbal details, which characterize the nature of the women characters in the songs – maidens and wives: wealth, clothing, decorations, beauty, lineage, etc. It is proven that these types of “microelements” determine the specific aspect of the traditional Bulgarian town songs in the middle of the 19th century.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 36-40
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bulgarian