Zaim Imamović
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Died | 2 February 1994 | (aged 73)
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Zaim Imamović (Serbian Cyrillic: Заим Имамовић; 26 August 1920 – 2 February 1994) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author.
Biography
Imamović was born into a
At that time he performed three
Zaim Imamović was under influence of important sevdah singers of the time: Rešad Bešlagić, Sulejman Džakić, Ibrahim Ašćerić, and others. Together with them he developed an important new style of sevdah singing that was peculiar for radio performance. It was a sharp contrast to earlier singers influenced by bel canto traditions of the European discography market: Bora Janjić, Sofka Nikolić, and others...
Zaim Imamović wrote some of the most popular sevdalinkas: "Sve behara i sve cvjeta", "O, jeseni, tugo moja", "Nesretan sam, majko moja mila", "Kono moja", "Što je lijepo vrelo Mošćanice", "Zašto si me majko rodila"...
He was one of the founders of the Ilidža Folk Music Festival in Sarajevo. After initial success of the festival, intending to stir up new trends in traditional music, Zaim Imamović retreated from the festival at the beginning of 1970s.
Zaim Imamović died in Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo, on 2 February 1994.
References
- ^ "Zaim Imamović, najvažnije pjesme". Radio Sarajevo. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Feel the Beauty of Sevdah in Sarajevo". Sarajevo Times. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
* Farah Tahirbegović and Damir Imamović, eds. Pjesma srca moga: stotinu najljepših pjesama Zaima Imamovića. Annotated songs and CD. Sarajevo: Buybook publishing house, 2004.
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