Über die Sevdah, den bosnischen Künstler Damir Imamović und die Würdigung „schrankenlosen Sentiments
On Sevdah, the Bosnian artist Damir Imamović and a tribute to “unbounded sentiment”

Summary/Abstract: This essay on the art genre Sevdah and its song form Sevdalinka, common across former Yugoslavia and centered in Bosnia and Herzegovina, evolved as a response to this year’s German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik) to the Sarajevan artist Damir Imamović. Inspired by Imamović’s 2013 lecture“On the ten most widespread delusions on Sevdah”, the author aims to situate the genre Sevdah amongst other musical forms from former Yugoslavia.The contribution seeks to depict Sevdah’s specifities and interwovenness across the Mediterranean basin, Central Europe and the Middle East, thereby contributing to the discussion on cross-border, inter-ethnic cultural practice. Due to its multifaceted character, Sevdah is interpreted as a pluriphonic, (re-)creative artist tradition. Starting in the 2000s the youngest generation has achieved a veritable revival of the genre.

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