Humana as an important part of the aheng in city of Gjakova

Abstract

This presentation presents the humanism rol in the tradition of aheng for men in the city of Gjakova.

The aheng tradition includes a musical repertoire of urban traditional songs and dances, displaying layers of modal-diatonic and modal-chromatic music rooted in the oriental musical culture introduced to the Balkans through Ottoman influence.

• Who were the early musicians and pioneers of the aheng tradition in Gjakova?
• Who was the humanist who died without honor and dignity?
• Who was the musician who taught Ymer Riza to play the sharkia instrument?
• What were the names of the other musicians on whom the Gjakova aheng was based through Ymer Riza's group?
• What was the character of the songs and dances in the Gjakova aheng, through which the subtle emotions of the popular creator were most vividly expressed?
• What unique approaches to diatonic structure and interval extension did they bring to the tradition?

Such questions will contribute to the identification of common elements between the tradition of Gjakova's aheng, shaped and preserved by musicians and the imperial musical heritage of South-Eastern Europe.