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Trio Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš The Bosnian Instrumental and Vocal Trio of Mustafa Sudžuka and Merkuš recorded as many as 30 sides for the Gramophone Company in 1907. The clarinettist Mustafa Sudžuka,(1870-1963) a musician from Sarajevo, was already playing professionally by 1898. At that time the clarinet was mainly associated with military bands. The musician with the Sephardic first name Merkuš may have been Merkuš Alkalaj, who was born in 1886 and killed during the SecondWorld War. The third member of the trio remains unidentified. The trio recorded a large repertoire of Bosnian instrumental tunes and songs, one song from Serbia, one from Vranje, four songs in Ladino, and several Ottoman pieces, most of them marches. This version of Kad ja poñoh na Bembašu is the original Bosnian-style tune for the poem rather than the nowadays popular melody which is based on the Ottoman march "Hürriyet marsı" from 1877 by Rıf'at Bey (1820-1888) (see 8). M. Sudžuka: clarinet / possibly Merkuš Alkalaj: accordion and possibly vocals / Unknown Artist: def and possibly vocals / archive recording from 1908 kindly provided by Dr. Risto Pekka Pennannen (Finland) / mat. 5689L / cat. Zonophone X 100657 Kad ja poñem na Bendbašu PRODUCTION ORIGINAL RELEASE Zonophone X 100679 Artist: Bosanski Instrumental i Pjevački Terzett Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš, Sarajevo. (Bosnian instrumental and vocal trio Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš.) Matrix: 5711l Song Title: I la iža del pinpitero Language: Ladino Comments: španjolski. (N.B.: Last matrix character is a lower case "L") Recorded: 1907 Where recorded: Sarajevo, Bosnia

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Listing Source: Catalog dated August 1909 Public Institutions: HMV Date Source: Strötbaum Engineer: Franz Hampe Artist: Bosanski Instrumental i Pjevački Terzett Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš, Sarajevo. (Bosnian instrumental and vocal trio Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš.) Matrix: 5700l Song Title: Barona to vo azer Language: Ladino Song also released on: Odeon 54468; Odeon 83054-B; Zonophone X 104590 Comments: španjolski. (N.B.: Last matrix character is a lower case "L") Recorded: 1907 Where recorded: Sarajevo, Bosnia

Coupled with (a non-Sephardic song)

Listing Source: Catalog dated August 1909 Date Source: Strötbaum Public Institutions: HMV Engineer: Franz Hampe Zonophone X 100677 Artist: Bosanski Instrumental i Pjevački Terzett Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš, Sarajevo. (Bosnian instrumental and vocal trio Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš.) Matrix: 5709l Song Title: Tu sos una rosa Language: Ladino Comments: španjolski. (N.B.: Last matrix character is a lower case "L") Recorded: 1907 Where recorded: Sarajevo, Bosnia

Coupled with (a non-Sephardic song)

Listing Source: Catalog dated August 1909 Public Institutions: HMV Date Source: Strötbaum Engineer: Franz Hampe Artist: Bosanski Instrumental i Pjevački Terzett Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš, Sarajevo. (Bosnian instrumental and vocal trio Mustafa Sudžuka i Merkuš.) Matrix: 5074l Song Title: Zion Hymna Language: Ladino Comments: španjolski. (N.B.: Last matrix character is a lower case "L") Recorded: 1907 Where recorded: Sarajevo, Bosnia

Coupled with (a non-Sephardic song)

Listing Source: Catalog dated August 1909 Date Source: Strötbaum Engineer: Franz Hampe