Ružica si bila
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"Ružica si bila" is a rock ballad with folk music
elements performed by former Yugoslav
rock band
Bijelo dugme
. It was was released on their 1986 album Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
.
The song is based on the same named folk song (sung in dialect) from Medjimurje (northern Croatia
), written down and preserved by ethnomusicologist Vinko Žganec
.
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
elements performed by former Yugoslav
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
rock band
Rock Band
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Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
. It was was released on their 1986 album Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo is the eighth studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme, and the first to feature vocalist Alen Islamović ....
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The song is based on the same named folk song (sung in dialect) from Medjimurje (northern Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
), written down and preserved by ethnomusicologist Vinko Žganec
Vinko Žganec
Vinko Žganec is a well-known Croatian ethnomusicologist.Žganec was born in Vratišinec in Međimurje. He started to be interested in music early in his childhood and jotted down his first folk song in 1908. In 1916, he published his first book of Croatian folk songs from Međimurje...
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