Safet Isović

Bosnia and Herzegovina singer-politician

Safet Isović (20 October 1936 – 2 September 2007)[1] wis ane o the maist prominent an popular sevdah performers frae Bosnie an Herzegovinae, sometimes referred tae as the Faither o the Sevdalinka.

Safet Isović
Born20 October 1936(1936-10-20)
Bileća, Kinrick o Yugoslavie
(present-day Bosnie an Herzegovinae)
Deid2 September 2007(2007-09-02) (aged 71)
Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae
GenresFowk, Sevdalinka
ThriftMuisicker

His faither wis Ahmet an his mither wis Ermina.[2]

Throughoot his career, which started in 1956, Isović wan a lairge nummer o awairds an performit at some o the lairgest festivals throughout the umwhile Yugoslavie, which lairgely contributit tae the subsequent rebirth o the sevdalinka. He wan the Gowden Microphone awaird in SFR Yugoslavie as well as 35 ither regional siller an gowd record awairds.

Isović wis a SDA delegate in the Assembly o Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

He dee'd on 2 September 2007 an wis buriet the next day at Ali Pasha's Mosque. His daith spairkit a massive ootpourin o grief aroond the kintra. At a memorial service held at the Naitional Theatre o Bosnie an Herzegovinae, he wis cried the Faither o the Sevdalinka bi Beba Selimović. The Meenister o Cultur an Sport, Emir Hadžihafizbegović said that Safet Isović did great deeds baith when he spoke an when he sang. Ivica Šarić, o the Sarajevo Opera, said that the warld wis left nou athoot the best interpreter o sevdalinka. Many wad gree that he haed ane o the best voices in Yugoslavie.[3]

Discografie

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  • Ne vjeruj joj jarane
  • Sjetuje me majka
  • Moj zumbule
  • Moj bagreme
  • Šta se ovo Bosnom cuje
  • Izabrane Sevdalinke 1
  • Izabrane Sevdalinke 2
  • Car Sevdaha
  • Za dušu i sjećanje
  • Šehidski rastanak
  • Legenda o Bosni 2003
  • Safet Isović i prijatelji – Koncert u Zetri 2003

References

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  1. "Preminuo Safet Isović by Selma Lemo of Nezavisne Novine". Archived frae the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkvjvEHnrG0&feature=related
  3. Safet Isović is Buried - Nezavisne Novine

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