Salih Uglla Peshteri Explained

Salih Uglla Peshteri was an Albanian performer of epic poetry (Albanian: lahutar or rapsod) from Ugao, in Pešter a sparsely populated region near Sjenica, modern day Sandžak.^[1]

Life

According to Robert Elsie, Salih Uglla Peshteri was born in 1866.^[2] According to Albanian sources he was a Catholic Albanian from the tribe of Kelmendi while Parry believes he was a Muslim Albanian from Shkodër.^[3] Up to the age of 30, he sang only in Albanian but began singing in Bosnian after he married a Bosnian woman. Uglla was able to sing in both languages for hours making him a popular lahutar.^[4] In 1934 he sang the "Song of Baghdad" in Novi Pazar and it is believed that this song was taught to him by another bard.^[5]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Foley . John Miles . The Theory of Oral Composition: History and Methodology . 1988 . Indiana University Press . 9780253342607 . en.
• Web site: Lord. Albert. Parry. Milman. Some Observations on Albanian and Bosnian Epic Traditions.
• Book: Pistrick . Eckehard . Performing Nostalgia: Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania . 2017 . Routledge . 9781351554596 . en.
• Book: Ready . Jonathan L. . The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia . 2018 . Oxford University Press . 9780198802556 . 17 . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Epic Song, Comparative Analysis, and Balkan Sephardic Culture: Reflections and New Perspectives :: Center for Islamic Pluralism . www.islamicpluralism.org . en.
2. Web site: Ismail Kadare Kadare, Ismail - Essay - eNotes.com . eNotes . en.
3. Book: Agamennone . Maurizio . Mitri . Gino Leonardo Di . L'eredità di Diego Carpitella: etnomusicologia, antropologia e ricerca storica nel Salento e nell'area mediterranea : atti del convegno, Galatina, 21, 22 e 23 giugno 2002 . 2003 . BESA . 9788849702170 . it.
4. Book: Andrew Lass . edited and with an introduction by Tomáš Kubíček and . Roman O. Jakobson: A Work in Progress . Palacký University, Olomouc . 87 .
5. Book: Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World: Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries . 2015 . BRILL . 9789004291973 . 22 . en.