YMER RIZA SI PËRFAQËSUES MUZIKOR I QYTETIT TË GJAKOVËS DHE FONOGRAFIMET E PARA SHQIPTARE NË KOSOVË (NË 60-VJETORIN E VDEKJES SË YMER RIZËS)
YMER RIZA AS A MUSICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF GJAKOVA AND THE FIRST ALBANIAN PHONOGRAPHS IN KOSOVO (ON THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF YMER RIZA'S DEATH)

Summary/Abstract: This paper will see into the figure of Ymer Riza, having been one of the personalities who significantly influenced the musical culture of the city of Gjakova in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Special emphasis is given to his influence with the change he introduced when he collectivized ”traditional folk music” by separating it from the old name that existed in Gjakova and was known as “Tajfa”29. In addition, the figure of Ymer Riza will be scrutinized in three plans: the humanitarian plan, the organizational plan and the national heritage plan. This study will also give data on the first Albanian (Kosovo) recording made by Ymer Riza with friends. All these contributions made him to be appreciated as a figure of identity value for the city and the citizens of Gjakova.

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