Jozo Penava (26 May 1909 – 17 January 1987) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian music producer, composer, arranger, musician and vocalist. Penava immensely contributed to the development of folk songs and the traditional Bosniak folk music sevdalinka. He worked with many prominent sevdalinka singers of the 20th century, such as

Safet Isović Safet Isović (; 20 October 1936 – 2 September 2007) was a Bosnian singer who performed the Bosnian traditional music sevdalinka. Early life and family Isović was born into a Bosniak family in Bileća, located in the Herzegovina region of mod ...

Zehra Deović Zehra Deović (9 December 1938 – 30 October 2015) was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Silvana Armenulić, Nada Mamula and Beba Selimović. Deović s ...

Himzo Polovina Himzo Polovina (; 11 March 1927 – 5 August 1986) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, and one of the most famous and widely revered folk and sevdalinka artists in the region. In addition, Dr. Himzo Polovina was a neuropsychiatrist by professi ...

Nada Mamula Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a Serbian singer. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukićević). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada ...

Beba Selimović Izeta Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020), known by her stage name Beba Selimović, was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, ...

, Nedžad Salković,

Silvana Armenulić Silvana Bajraktarević (born Zilha Bajraktarević; 18 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić (), was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditi ...

, and

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, among others.

Biography

Penava was born in the village of Palež near Kiseljak, in what is today

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. As a young man he studied to become a baker. Penava was in love with the craft of baking, but was never attracted to getting up early and working in high temperature kitchens. His passion for music was stronger. After serving his military service in

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in 1939, Penava composed his first songs: "Sa prozora" (''From the Window'') and "U baštici, kraj bijele ružice" (''In a Small Garden, by the White Roses''). He enrolled in a music school where he gained musical knowledge. Penava was one of the founders of Radio Sarajevo in April 1945 after

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. Penava led the tambura orchestra of Radio Sarajevo for more than twenty years.

Songs

*"Bere cura plav jorgovan" *"Sve behara i sve cvjeta" *"Sjetuje me majka" *"Cvati ružo moja" *"Sarajevo, behara ti tvoga" *"Gledala sam sa prozora" *"Na mezaru majka plače i nišane ljubi" *"Golube poleti" *"Pokraj kuće male" *"Sarajčice hajdemo" *"Pjesma Kiseljaku" *"Ismihana dušo moja" *"Mene moja zaklinjala majka"

References

External links

Jozo Penava discography at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Penava, Jozo 1909 births 1987 deaths People from Kiseljak Sevdalinka Yugoslav musicians Musicians from Sarajevo