Tešan Podrugović () ( Kazanci,

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player () who participated in the

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. He was one of the most important sources for

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recorded by

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. Podrugović did not sing but used to 'speak' his poems; he understood and felt the poems and thought about what he said. He was Serbia's best known fiddle player (guslar) after

Filip Višnjić Filip Višnjić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Вишњић, ; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and '' guslar''. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpret ...

. Podrugović's family was from the village of Kazanci in the municipality of

Songs

Vuk Karadžić recorded for the first time many songs sung by Podrugović. The poem about Musa Kesedžija, named ''Marko Kraljević and Musa Kesedžija'', recited by Podrugović was recorded for the first time in

in 1815 by

. The song about General Vuča was also recorded by Karadžić, based on the singing of Podrugović.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Podrugovic, Tesan 1775 births 1815 deaths Serbian guslars Bosnia and Herzegovina poets Serbian male poets Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina 18th-century Serbian people 19th-century Serbian people People from the Ottoman Empire

Songs

See also

References