Bulgarian folklor- Kafal sviri

The title of this piece is: Kafal sviri

This group is called: Cosmic Voices.

They were founded in the spring of 1994 and continue to create beautiful music.

The origin of this piece is: Bulgaria

The orchestration of this piece is: Women's A Capella voices.



I love this piece because it definitely showcases the beauty of another
culture's music. The dissonances heard within this piece are unique to
Bulgarian A Capella singing. The throaty singing and stylization with
nasal tone is also very interesting to behold as a listener. The music
starts out with a slow meter, that changes time frequently and sounds
almost chant-like. The message of this piece is a narrative cultural
love story. It is about a piper who is playing in the village. The girl
singing tells her mother that if he is from their village she will only
love him for a day. But if he is from a neighboring village, she will
love that piper for the rest of her life. The lyrical content is very
interesting. You can tell the music in Bulgaria is substantial. In our
text, Wade writes when she arrived in a small village in Bulgaria she
was able to communicate to the village people her desire to find
musicians and was further led to find singers. Singing in Bulgaria is
obviously a very common and expected thing to be knowledgeable about.
Cultures share stories and folklore through music and this piece is no
exception. This would be an example of a narrative genre that links
music to text. This is also an example of musical drama. I especially
love the rhythm and meter change at 0:40. I can tell this is where the
daughter begins professing her ideas of love to her mother. The build
and change around 1:20 is also very beautiful and unexpected.  This is
one of my favorite world culture pieces I have ever had the opportunity
to hear.