Montenegro Traditional – Gusle

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Old traditional song: “Oj djevojko Milijana”

The song of the Shepard, primitive, but the warm sound of fife (reed), patriotic singing of players of “gusle” (Montenegrin national instrument) or simply a song of the shepherdess in the mountain – were the first, but for Montenegrin music most significant melodic expression. Early forms of music playing were a foundation for further development of music in Montenegro, which came to its expression through singing and cultural – artistic associations, pedagogic activity etc., in the XX century. People who opened the door to the further artistic expression of Montenegro were Spiro Ognjenovic, Mirko Petrovic Njegos, and Jovan Ivanisevic, as the first educated musician and the most important Montenegrin composer of his time. Behind them Antun Kopitovic, Antun Pogacar, and the first Montenegrin writer of the symphony music, Ilija Lakesic, have continued the work on creation of original artistic expression, leaving the space for modern Montenegrin composers such as Borislav Tamindzic.