FOLK SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE BALKANS - PANFLUTE EDITION is a small, but representative collection of well-known and lesser-known beautiful melodies from the Balkans. The difference between the folk music from Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Dalmatia, Turkey or Slovenia is very easy to hear. There are also distinct regional differences inside these national styles.

This great cultural diversity is transmitted to the music of these peoples, which constitutes an important part of their lives and traditions. The types and styles of vocal and instrumental folk music are very different: slow old epic ballads with archaic form and rich ornaments, vital songs with beautiful melodies and various texts about all the human feelings (love, satirical, drinking, lullabies, etc), pastoral songs, dynamic male or female dances for large and small groups performed in an open or closed circle, semicircle, straight or winding line.

The carefully chosen the melodies offer a rich, enjoyable and varied book. The arrangements and other adaptations (keys, ornaments, etc.) have been introduced to make this beautiful South-Eastern European music more suitable for performance on the panflute. It is recommended to repeat each piece 3-4 times because the melodies (like all folk songs in the world) are very short.

Bulgaria

Rachenitza

Angelina

Children's Song

Quick Circle Dance

Elena's Horo

Dajcovo's Horo

GREECE

On the Mountain of Zalongou

Yerakina

Hassapiko (The Butcher's Dance)

Syrto

Mother Turks

Tsakonico (Dance from Tsakonia)

My Little Ribbon

Kalamatiano (Dance from Kalamata)

TURKEY

Jasmine

Dark Blue Grapes

My Boy, My Boy

Love the Girls

ROMANIA

Radu, Darling

Good Is the Rosé Wine

 I'm Going to Cross the River Olt

The Old Man’s Dance from Arbore

Dance from Moldavia

Play Again, Your Violin

Old-fashioned Dance

Sârba from Ploiesti

SLOVENIA

There, Behind the Izar

How Can I Love Somebody

Dance from Koroska

The Sun Set Behind the Hill

Spring

CROATIA

A Boy and Girl’s Desire

The Stream of Lepenica

I'll Fall in Sleep

When the Violets Come Out

Marica

Patriotic Song

Flute Piano

DALMATIA

One Little Marten

The Little Shepherdess

My Green Rosemary

SERBIA

The Dance of Old Glisha

Miloshevo's Kolo

Mara Watch the Sheep

The Girl from Sumadija

The Old Women from Gradista

When the Roses Bloom

Vlainjica's Kolo

BOSNIA

Sarajevo, Beautiful Place

 Mara Crosses Over the Bosna

The Carnation

The Big Market from Prijedor

Jumping Dance

MACEDONIA

Coloured Socks

 I Am Marooned in the Mountains

Who Do You Love?

The First Love

 Are You Home My Love?

The Bad Grandfather

Grape Gathering

ALBANIA

I Must Marry an Old Man

Love Song

You May Not Stay Long in Life, Grey Horse

 A Room With a Ceiling