Radoslav "Rade" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Радослав "Раде" Јовановић; 1928–1986) was a Yugoslav

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and

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, best known for his legacy collection of

sevdalinka Sevdalinka (), also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional Musical genre, genre of folk music originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across th ...

folk songs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Tema: Radoslav Rade Jovanović (1928—1986)
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Biography

He attended schools in

Goražde Goražde ( cyrl, Горажде, ) is a city and the administrative center of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of Drina river. As of 2 ...

and Priboj. With the breakout of the

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at the age of 13 he joined the

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. Consequently, some of his songs were dedicated to his brothers in arms. He contracted

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during the war but was able to survive harsh conditions of partisans life. After the war he had propelled as a youth leader before being sent to the island of Goli Otok, where he was held as a

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due to the Cominform Resolution. He was released after 18 months and returned to his hometown. His first successful song was "Često mlađan prošetam kraj Drine". Another one followed "Na obali Drine" performed by

Zaim Imamović Zaim Imamović (; 26 August 1920 – 2 February 1994) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author. Biography Imamović was born into a Bosniak family in Mrkonjić Grad and after a year his family moved to Travnik and there he ...

. Then

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 ...

sang "Negdje u daljine", and "Sjecaš li se ratni druže" i "Bolan ti ležim jarane" were performed by Gvozden Radičević. Country-wide recognition shortly follows when he wins at the festival Ilidža 1964 with his song "Jablani se povijaju", performed by Safet Isović. That song alone won the awards for melody and lyrics from both - the audience and the nomination committee. His other three songs were also performed that same night and also took other awards. Next year he repeats his success at the very same festival Ilidža 1965, with the song "Ne pitaj me stara majko" performed by Nedeljko Bilkić, and establishes himself as one of the leading folk authors and prolific composer of warm, melodic and distinctive style. Safet Isović performs "Kad sretneš Hanku" at the Beogradskom Sabor festival in 1970. Seven years later, a number of music critics of former Yugoslavia, in a public poll carried out by the Belgrade Radio, voted and acclaimed "Kad sretneš Hanku" as the folk song of the decade. His life and work had inspired many theater, film and radio authors who filmed

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about him and recorded radio shows, before and after his death Uzgredni zapisi Vehida Gunića
. He committed a suicide on April 15, 1986, and was buried in his hometown.

Songs

He wrote over 500 songs. River Drina,

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, his hometown

and a natural beauty of the countryside to which he was born, people and their lives and fortunes, were source and constant themes and motifs of all Rade's songs, with most popular being: * ''Prođoh Bosnom kroz gradove'' (co-authored with

Dragiša Nedović Dragiša Nedović ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Недовић; Kragujevac, Kingdom of Serbia, 20 July 1916 – 31 January 1966) was a Serbian folk songwriter, composer and musician. Having lived in Serbia, Bosnia and Dalmatia, he composed numerous ...

) * ''Goražde jedino u srcu mom'' * ''Na obali Drine'' * ''Kad sretneš Hanku'' * ''Šta se ovo Bosnom čuje'' * ''Svjetla moga grada'' * ''Ah, meraka u večeri rane'' * ''Tebi, majko, misli lete'' * ''Ne pitaj me stara majko'' * ''Negdje u daljine'' * ''Jablani se povijaju'' * ''Seja kose raspletala'' * ''Malenim sokakom ne prolazim više'' * ''Sumorna jesen'' * ''Kad u maju ruže procvetaju'' * ''Prolazi jesen'' * ''Bolan ti ležim jarane'' * ''U tuđoj zemlji'' * ''Još ove noći čaše nam dajte'' * ''Sve što mine, povratka mu nema'' * ''Ne mogu te više svojom zvati'' * ''Pomiluj mi pjesmo dušu''

Tributes, memorials and dedications

''Festival of song and sevdah "Rade Jovanović - Goražde 2005"'' was

sevdah Sevdalinka (), also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional genre of folk music originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across the ex-Yugoslavi ...

music tribute to Rade Jovanović opus, and was held in his hometown Goražde on 18 June 2005.
On 26 December 2018 memorial plaque was placed on Rade's home, house in Goražde where he was born and spent most of his life until his death in 1986. Idea was initiated by ''Center for Culture Goražde'', while memorial was financed and put up by ''City of Goražde'', with Missis Jovanović and mayor of Goražde, Muhamed Ramović, being one who officially unveiled it.

References

External links

Mladi antifašisti - Rade Jovanović

Sve spremno za prvi međunarodni Festival pjesme i sevdaha „Rade Jovanović Goražde 2005.“

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