Bulgarian Folk Songs

Bulgarian Folk Songs, collected by the Miladinov brothers Dimitar and Konstantin and published by Konstantin in Zagreb at the printing house of A. Jakic, 1861
A letter from Dimitar Miladinov to Victor Grigorovich from 25 February 1846 about his search for Bulgarian folk songs and artifacts in Macedonia.[1]
Letter from Konstantin Miladinov to Georgi Rakovski from 8 January 1861 to explain the use of the term Bulgarian in the title of the collection.[note 1]
Announcement of the Miladinov brothers on the publication of "Bulgarian Folk Songs" in the newspaper "Dunavski Lebed" issued by Georgi Rakovski, on 7 February 1861.[2]

Bulgarian Folk Songs[note 2][note 3][note 4] is a collection of folk songs and traditions from the then Ottoman Empire, especially from the region of Macedonia, but also from Shopluk and Srednogorie, by the Miladinov brothers, published in 1861. The Miladinovs' collection is the greatest single work in the history of Bulgarian folklore studies and has been republished many times.[3] The collection is also considered to have played an important role by the historiography in North Macedonia.

  1. ^ "...In the meantime my efforts concerning our Bulgarian language and the Bulgarian (folk) songs, in compliance with your recommendations are unsurpassed. I have not for one moment ceased to fulfil the pledge which I made to you, Sir, because the Bulgarians are spontaneously striving for the truth. But I hope you will excuse my delay up till now, which is due to the difficulty I had in selecting the best songs and also in my work on the grammar. I hope that, on another convenient occasion, after I have collected more songs and finished the grammar, I will be able to send them to you. Please write where and through whom it would be safe to send them to you (as you so ardently wish)..." For more: Братя Миладинови – преписка. Издирил, коментирал и редактирал Никола Трайков. (Българска академия на науките, Институт за история. Издателство на БАН, София 1964) Подготвил за печат Веселин Н. Трайков. Отговорни редактори акад. Ив. Снегаров и проф. Т. Влахов, стр. 13.
  2. ^ The ad among others states: Six years ago we began collecting poems from all parts of Western Bulgaria, i.e. from Macedonia, approx. from Ohrid, Struga, Prilep, Veles, Kostur, Kukush, Strumica and other places; but also from Eastern Bulgaria. For more: в-к Квантов преход, Година ХІV • бр. 7 (141) • 1 - 31 юли 2018 г. стр. 5. НБКМ, фонд. Раковски, I Б 1245; (стар инв. № 7159).
  3. ^ Charles A. Moser (2019). A History of Bulgarian Literature 865–1944. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 85. ISBN 3110810603.


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