- Demir Vlonjati
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Demir Vlonjati (c. 1780-1845) born Demir Mystehaku and also known as Demir Aga Vlonjakasi was an Albanian folk singer, composer and poet.[1]
Demir Mystehaku was born in Matogjin, southern Albania around 1780 and died there in 1845.[1] He became a famous singer and created a new genre of Albanian polyphonic music named demirçe after him.[1] This genre influenced the works of another famous composer from the same region, Qazim Ademi.[1] In 1845 he wrote an octosyllabic poem in nineteen quatrains condemning a massacre in Vlorë region committed by Ottoman Turkish forces that year and the negative effects of the Tanzimat on Albania.[2]
Sources
- ^ a b c d Tole, Vasil. "Inventory of performers on iso-polyphony". UNESCO. p. 5. http://www.isopolifonia.com/Other%20docs/Inventory%20of%20Performers,%20on%20iso-polyphony.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ Sellheim, R; Elsie, Robert (1992). Oriens. BRILL. p. 304. ISBN 9004096515. http://books.google.com/books?id=la-RTLQiFRAC&pg=PA303&dq=Demir+Vlonjati&hl=en&ei=4ABPTN3vDMXdsgapo7XWDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Demir%20Vlonjati&f=false.
Categories:- 1780 births
- 1845 deaths
- People from Vlorë District
- Albanian singers
- Albanian musicians
- Albanian writers
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