ja und der beste sänger epischer bosniakischer lieder eigtl. heisst er medjedovic(bosnische form)... hinter ihm gibt es noch 10-20 sehr bekannte epische sänger. es gibt auch interviews von ihm
das ist epik... der typ hatte ganze bücher in seinem kopf die an alte griechische mythologie wie spartakus myth. und troja myth. erinnern
Abdullah Međedović (1875 - 1953) was a
Bosniak guslar (singer or
oral poet). He was the most versatile and skillful performer of all those encountered by
Milman Parry and
Albert Lord during their research on the oral epic tradition of
Bosnia (then part of
Yugoslavia) in the 1930s. At Parry's request Avdo undertook to produce an epic of similar extent to the
Iliad (15,690 lines), since Parry needed to investigate whether a poet in an oral tradition would be able to maintain a theme over such length. Avdo dictated, over three days and many cups of coffee, a version of the well-known theme
The Wedding of Smailagić Meho that was 12,323 lines long. On another occasion he sang over several days an epic of 13,331 lines. He claimed to have several others of similar length in his repertoire.
Many years afterwards the
Wedding was published by Lord with a parallel English translation.