MEMORIES ON SAVA KONTIC

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, and Dragana Vucicevic, remember us on SAVO KONTIC and GUSLE / Fiddle / the Serbian folk musical instrument with one, or possibly two wires. Most often they are made of maple wood. As a Single-wire instrument, fiddle encountered in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Croatia. Fiddle Lika and Bosanska Krajina generally have two wires. Fiddle played an important role in the history of Serbian epic poetry since the bards - folk singers, sung by the events of national history for centuries, until these texts are finally written. Most of the songs talks about the times of Ottoman rule and the national struggle for independence. Efforts Vuk Karadzic many Serbian epic poems are written and saved, but in the early 19th century. In some books and publications mentioned the fact that the Serbian fiddle welcomed Frederick Barbarossa first when in the 12th century, met in Nis, the Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja, where he offered to help Serbian Nemanja state crusade. They say that Barbarossa was impressed by the sound of the fiddle and singing with them, and have much interest about details related to the fiddle.